Manifestations
2009
This project was funded by a Community Artists Assistance Program Grant.
This project was organized as a multi-layered method of creating meaning and representation. The project began by placing a 22x30" piece of paper in a public place with a sign that invited passers-by to 'Please Contribute' Once that paper was brought back into the studio, I cut the paper into 26 4x6" sections. This constituted an alphabet. Each image was numbered and labeled with a subject that was personally relevant. Then, each piece was considered as an object that was going to hold a process of manifestation. Manifestation, as it was employed here, was a meditative act of contemplating a subject and seeking to psychologically impose my will on an outcome. The aim here was to orient the project in a wishful thinking mindset and see what unfolded. The images were then created with a front, a back and a piece of writing that was designed to encompass the subject and the process of the manifestation. This project was exhibited in October, 2009. Within the exhibition, the front of the painting was presented alongside the writing. The backside of each image was not exhibited. Also, included was an appendix. The appendix was a collection of imagery that further elaborated on some of the writing and in some cases showed the source material for some aspect of the project. Below is the complete collection of the front and backside of the paintings and the writing.
To view the appendix images, click here
Front side of all Manifestations paintings positioned where they came from on the original painting
Back side of all Manifestations paintings positioned where they came from on the original painting
MANIFESTATIONS PIECES
Roll Over Front Painting to Reveal Backside
1. Oranges on Janet's Bedside Table
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
2. By The Wrist, Gently
(A Matter of Fact)
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
3. Hold My Kiss
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
4. There Are Not 5 of Us
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
5. Taboo, Taboo
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
6. Becoming Aware of What She Means
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
7. Where The Night Begins (Our Shared Adoration of Sad Lesbian Folk Singers And Male Musicians Who Emulate Their Seductive Tragedies)
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
8. Effigies For Home Environments
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
9. Sensitive, Honest Car Repair. Dirt Cheap
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
10. Explaining The Experience Of Being Loved
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
11. Hope Is An Anorexic Emotion
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
12. Emasculating Properties of Kudzu
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
13. I Took 776 Photographs Of My Shoes Instead Of Having Coffee With Her
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
14. Haunted By A Hungry Massage Therapist
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
15. My Band of Nymphs Wear Navy Blue Dresses With Pink And White Polka Dot Sashes And They Are Vicious
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
16. Ambivalence As A Way Of Being
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
17. I Know I32 Ways To Wear A Red Shirt And About Half Of Them Are Cozy
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
18. I Know A Little Blue Fish
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
19. Stop Recycling Biodegradable Women
(On Seeing A Woman Cross The Street In A
T-Shirt That Reads, "I Recycle Men".)
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
20. People, Furniture For The House
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
21. Effigies For Home Environments
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
22. I'm Wearing Dirty Clothes That Smell Clean To Me, But I Smoke
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
23. I Bought Five White Mirrors To Replace One Broken Mirror And The Budget Was Dead Sexy
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
24. When "I Hate You, Don't Leave Me" Failed To Answer All Of My Questions, I Did More Research
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
25. Lou P. Pinella Is My Penpal In Paraguay
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
26. If Someone Has A Considerably Underdeveloped Sense Of Self, Can You Really Consider That Person A Friend
4x6" Acrylic, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
2009
