The state of my senior exhibition, as of Saturday, 30 November, 2002. This is required of all graduating art majors at Hiram College, just as papers and presentations are required in other majors. My show opens on Sunday, December 8, 2002, so I have a week to get everything together.
Three of the eight paintings I did this semester are unfinished, though they are close to being done. All of the pedestals have to be painted (one each for the three books I will be showing, one for the catalog for the show). The two walls that the two assemblages will be against have to be painted, as they are surely heavily scratched and marked. And mounting hardware must be put on everything.
The gallery space is in the art building, a sort of atrium on the first and second floors, with the majority of the space being on the second floor. On the first floor, there are doors on the east and west sides of the building. A large staircase goes up the center of the atrium. The walls on the first floor are a textured cloth that has been painted white. The second floor walls are cork on drywall, barely sufficient for hanging art and damn ugly.
The basic design of the exhibition is as follows (All are listed left to right. Dimensions are in inches, with height followed by width followed by depth.):
First Floor
North Wall
Pond, Trail, Hiram College Field Station
2002, oil on canvas, 48 x 72
Tree (large assemblage)
2000, bicycles, circuit boards, wire, and screws on wood, 96 x 72
East Wall
Most likely nothing.
maybe:
Blackboard, Downstairs Studio
2001, oil on canvas, 12 x 18
South Wall
One Corner of the Studio (top)
2001, oil on canvas, 22 x 30
Studio at Night, Winter (bottom)
2002, oil on canvas, 22 x 30
Spring
2001, oil and acrylic on canvas, tail light, staples, on plywood, 98 x 49
West Wall
Winter Scene, Night, Just Outside the Stuido
2000, acrylic with pigment on paper, 38.5 x 25.5
need to find some way to mount this!
Studio with Couch and Canvas, Winter
2001, oil on canvas, 30 x 22
need to unwarp canvas!
Second Floor
For the sake of sanity, due to the funny shape of the walls, these works will be listed clockwise, starting with the edge of the atrium.
Assemblage with Floral Border
2000, acrylic, wallpaper, wire, and found objects on canvas, 48 x 65
Late Night in the Studio
2001, oil on canvas, 24 x20
ccunning and Segnbora-t
2002, oil on canvas, 20 x 22
Studio Panorama
2000, watercolor and acrylic on paper, on paper, 13 x 36
would probably be a good idea to find a way to mount this one, too
Field, Diagonal Road, Mid-Afternoon, Fall
2002, oil on canvas, 48 x 72
need to finish painting
Summer Past
2000, wood, bicycle parts, paper, and Polaroid, 87 x 57
Perry Monument
2001, acrylic and found paper on paper, 25 x 19
Observation Building, Hiram College Field Station, Early Fall
2002, oil on canvas, 48 x 72
Church, Trees, Parking Lot, Cemetary, Mantua Center
2002, oil on canvas, 48 x 72
need to finish
Church, Road, Fall Leaves, Mantua Center
2002, oil on canvas, 48 x 72
need to finish
On the Balcony, Frohring Art, Twilight
2002, oil on canvas, 48 x 72
Painting Studio
2001, oil on canvas, 40.5 x 54.5
The Edge of the Woods
2002, oil on canvas, 48 x 72
Assemblage with Four Circles
2000, found objects, bicycle parts, screws, and acrylic on wood, 65 x 52
liha and Phyllis Stein in the forest
2002, oil on canvas, 20 x 16
I See
2000, acrylic and paper on paper, 10 x 6.5
Outside the Darkroom
2001, oil canvas, 16 x 26
The Border of the Field and the Woods
2002, oil on canvas, 48 x 72
need to unwarp canvas
Studio, First Floor, Frohring Art, Another Angle
2000, acrylic on canvas on particleboard, 39 x 48
Lake Erie Sunset
2000, acrylic on paper, 10 x 12.5
Memorial Day, 2000
2000, acrylic and paper on paper, 10 x 12.5
Self Portrait
2000, linocut and paper on paper, 10 x 13
Yielding and Paying (book)
2001, watercolor, gelatin silver photographs, watercolor, and found paper on paper, 20.5 x 15.25 x 1.75
The History of My Own Times (book)
2001, watercolor, photocopy, ink, and found paper on paper, 16 x 12 x .625
PowerBook Book (book)
2001, found paper, acrylic, and stamps on PowerBook 145b,11.25 x 9.5 x 2.75
So it's a big show. And I am probably going to put even more stuff in it. Crazy? Yes. But this should also explain why I have not been around so much the past week or two, and why I will not be around much for the next week. It is what has been keeping me busy for the past few years, and what will keep me alive for the rest of my life.
I am really pleased with this body of work, and I hope that you can make it to the show. See my daylog November 21, 2002 for details.