Deconstruct/Reconstruct
One of the "very odd" assemblage pieces that I made a couple years ago while working on my Glean residency (all materials used came from the city dump) was recently deconstructed. I had a bit of a love/hate affair with this piece, and finally decided to scrap it, while saving the horse for another idea. I had cut the toy plastic horse in half, attaching only the front part to the work. I brought it back to life in this much smaller "cardboard box" assemblage piece with other elements:
Another recently completed "cardboard box" assemblage:
I'm scheduled to be a part of a "two man" assemblage show at a gallery in Portland in October. I met with Bill Dean, the other artist, last night...one of his earlier pieces:
Besides bringing our own work, we've decided to try to do a collaborative piece for the show using this box...I'm going to get started on one side of the box, and Bill will do the other:
Stay tuned...this promises to be a fun project!
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