"Close-Up Magic", 2018
Gallery 219, Eastfield College, Dallas, TX
Close-Up Magic was a site-specific installation of my text-based photographic works created between 1998 and 2018, Inspired by the curatorial vision of Iris Bechtol and the writings of Charlotte Cotton, I interspersed elements from numerous projects to create a continuous flow of images and ideas around Gallery 219 at Eastfield College for this unique mid-career retrospective exhibition. |
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#closeup
Medium: UV cured ink on vinyl banner
Dimensions: 30´´W x 30´´H
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#magic
Medium: UV cured ink on vinyl banner
Dimensions: 30´´W x 30´´H
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Close-up Magic (partial installation view 1)
Medium: mixed
Dimensions of installation: variable
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Close-up Magic (partial installation view 2)
Medium: mixed
Installation dimensions: variable
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Close-up Magic (installation details) left to right: Ten Degrees of Separatioon; Index; Live Bait; Live Bait (Fishy, fishy, in the brook)
Medium: silver gelatin prints, wood, paint, hand-lettering, minnow buckets, press type, masking tape
Installation dimensions: variable
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Close-up Magic (installation details) wall l to r: Nine Line; Live Bait (Baby eat him like a man); Ten Degrees of Separation (detail); foreground: Zen Moment
Medium: sheet metal, solvent transfer, silver gelatin prints, minnow bucket, press type, chairs, masking tape
Installation dimensions: variable
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Close-up Magic (installation details) left to right: Ten Degrees of Separatioon (detail); Company House(woodpile); #magic; Live Bait (copyright)
Medium: silver gelatin print, wood, ink jet print on clear label, UV cured ink on vinyl banner, minnow bucket, silver gelatin print,, press type, masking tape
Installation dimensions: variable
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Close-up Magic (installation details) left to right: Don't Take It Serious; Ten Degrees of Separation (detail)
Medium: linen cocktail napkins, embroidery thread, silver gelatin print, masking tape
Installation dimensions: variable
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Slides of a Changing Frame
Medium: table, exhibition catalogs, vintage slide projector, film transparencies, candelabrum, chairs, paint, headphones, CD player, recorded sound
Dimensions: variable, unique
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Close-up Magic (installation details) left to right: Ten Degrees of Separation (detail); Nine Line (Nerves may be damaged by accidents of various sorts.); 1,745 House Designs; Index (partial view)
Medium: framed silver galatin print, sheet metal, solvent transfer, silver gelatin prints, linen cocktail napkins, embroidery thread, painted wood, masking tape
Installation dimensions: variable
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Close-up Magic (installation details) left to right: Company House (pump); CAUTION; Company House (stump); Conical Mound, for Bryan (detail); Company House (garage)
Medium: lumber, paint, inkjet on Avery transparent labes; aluminum ladder, steel hook, manila tag, electrical tape; shredded newspapers (1995 Wall Street Journal)
Installation dimensions: variable
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Close-up Magic (installation details) left to right: Company House (corral); #close-up; Case Histories
Medium: lumber, paint, inkjet on Avery transparent label; UV cured ink on vinyl banner; cotton towels, embroidery thread, vintage suitcase, paint, steel chair
Dimensions: variable
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Case Histories
Medium: cotton towels, embroidery thread, vintage suitcase, paint, steel chair
Dimensions: variable, unique
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Close-up Magic (installation details) left to right: Pity 'tis; Tempered; 1856 MN; Nine Line (This tendency is called apparent motion.); Index (STILLWATER LANDING); Ask Your Father; Ask Your Mother; Police Blotter
Medium: cotton fabric, embroidery thread; shovel (steel, wood, and plastic), manila tag, electrical tape; wooden oar, paint, aluminum numerals; sheet metal, solvent transfer, silver gelatin print; framed silver gelatin prints;
artist's book on steel chair (photocopy, pinhole photographs, paper photo corners, Rives BFK paper, archival transparency material, GBC binding
Installation dimensions: variable
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Police Blotter
Medium: steel chair, artist's book (photocopy, pinhole photographs, paper photo corners, Rives BFK paper, archival transparency material, GBC binding
Book dimensions: 8 1/2´´´ x 11´´H, No. 3 in edition of 10
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