Hinged Paintings
2001-Present
Shortly after 9/11 I made a series of Hinged Paintings.
Perhaps as a response to that moment I was searching for some stable place in the continuum of Art History, and (less directly) I was also searching for something that could quietly speak to a duality between perceived exterior and the hidden interior. I soon began to investigate the idea of remaking a medieval alter piece. Both, as an homage to powerful older works that are still able, after many centuries, to suggest ways in which public intention and private meanings are always intertwined, and to slowly engage a concept of the sacred as it was once applied to Art.
2001-Present
Shortly after 9/11 I made a series of Hinged Paintings.
Perhaps as a response to that moment I was searching for some stable place in the continuum of Art History, and (less directly) I was also searching for something that could quietly speak to a duality between perceived exterior and the hidden interior. I soon began to investigate the idea of remaking a medieval alter piece. Both, as an homage to powerful older works that are still able, after many centuries, to suggest ways in which public intention and private meanings are always intertwined, and to slowly engage a concept of the sacred as it was once applied to Art.
First Model for Hinged Painting (closed)
Hand made set, figure, maquette
@ 24" x 20" x 12"
December, 2001
First Model for Hinged Painting (open)
First Small Version (outside)
fabric on paper with fluids
@ 24" x 24"
December, 2001
First Small Version (open)
Hinged Site: Untitled (White/Black) closed
Fluids and fabric over panel
72" x 72"
Early 2002
Hinged Site: Untitled (White/Black) open
Fluids and fabric over panel
72" x 72"
Early 2002
Hinged Site: Untitled (White/Black) open
Dimensions variable
Installation View Christopher Grimes Gallery
Santa Monica, California
2002
Installation View Christopher Grimes Gallery
Hinged Sites: Untitled (Green/Red) left, (Red/ Yellow) right
Fluids and fabrics on panel with fluorescent alkyd
Each work 80" x 48" (closed)
2002
Installation View
Hinged Sites: Untitled (Green/Red) and (Red/Yellow) open
Installation View
Artist (left) with friend
Hinged Site: Untitled (Black/White) closed
Fluids and Fabrics on panel with Mica Alkyd
80" x 48" (closed)
2003
Hinged Site: Untitled (Black/White) open
Fluids and Fabrics on Panel with Mica Alkyd
Dimensions Variable
2003