Shrine/Studio - Monet,Monet,Matisse
March-May 2011
Shrine/Studio - Monet,Monet,Matisse was directly informed by my sojourn to India in 2011. I found myself attracted to the contemplative sites that were dispersed all around. I sought reprieve from within, as well as beside these varied (many makeshift) devotional spaces. The light that was reflected from the exterior to the interior of the shrines was calculated and transformative. I found the sacred and diverse rituals, still preserved and performed, compelling. These aspects of my trip became points of interest. While traveling, I practiced my own ritual and for 37 days I recorded my first recollection of each day as a drawing. Upon returning home this collection of drawings became a book and a visual resource for a forthcoming piece – my own provisional version of a devotional object. I called this Shrine, and with Monet’s, Rouen Cathedral series in mind I exposed it to different light conditions and produced a painting from observation each day for 32 days. My intention with this series of works was to represent these paintings/fragments of Shrine as an actual space/installation that would be activated like a painting.
Mixed Media Installation:
93.5 x 87 x 92.25 inches overall
32 paintings:
oil and acrylic on canvas on painted wall
dimensions ranging from 8 x 9 inches - 21 x 20 inches
Shrine
29.5 x 18 x 17.25 inches
oil,acrylic,enamel,string foam,wood
