Norwood Flynn Gallery, Dallas TX
The title "Messages With a Code" inverts Roland Barthes' well-known quote regarding photography; works in the exhibition contain a variety of codes or clues to their interpretation. Norwood Flynn Gallery is located in a 1940's cottage on the south shore of Bachman Lake. I have created several small installations that interact with its unique spaces, "Ten Degrees of Separation", "Friday Scribbles" , "Source" and "Red Work: the Search for Allen Gray". My works derive meaning through their relationship to personal narratives and to my ongoing investigation into the nature of photography and sculpture. |
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"Messages with a Code ", 2010 (partial installation view)
Left: "Self" from series "Ten Degrees of Separation" (framed silver gelatin print, ink, fireplace, newspaper shreddings)
Middle: "Source" (artificial fir tree, paper mill felt, cast fiberglass resin and clay, paint, crocheted doily, shelves)
Right: "Monument" from series "Ten Degrees of Separation" (antique desk, stool frame, framed silver gelatin prints, linen napkin, wine glasses)
Installation Size: variable (NF gallery approximately 13´W x 30´L)
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"Self" from series "Ten Degrees of Separation ", 2010
Medium: framed silver print, fireplace, shredded newspapers
Installation Size: variable (approximately 3´W x 6´H as shown)
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"Source ", 2010
Medium:
artificial fir tree, paper mill felt, fiberglass resin, clay, paint, crocheted doily
Installation Size: variable (approximately 3´W x 7´H as shown)
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"Monument "from series "Ten Degrees of Separation", 2010
Medium: antique desk, stool frame, framed silver prints, linen napkin, wine glasses
Installation Size: variable (approximately 3´W x 7´H as shown)
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"Float" from series "Ten Degrees of Separation ", 2010
Medium: framed silver gelatin prints, antique framed prints, oil painting on canvas
Installation Size: variable (approximately 6´W x 7´H as shown)
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"Friday Scribbles", 2010
Medium: linen cocktail napkins, embroidery thread, window
Installation Size: variable; Napkin Size: approximately 6´´square
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"Friday Scribbles", 2010 (detail)
Medium: linen cocktail napkins, embroidery thread, window
Installation Size: variable; Napkin Size: approximately 6´´square
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"Red Work: The Search for Allen Gray", 2010
Medium: cotton fabric, embroidery thread, table, manila tag
Installation Size: variable; Fabric Size: approximately 22´´W x 36´´H
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"Red Work: The Search for Allen Gray", 2010
Medium: cotton fabric, embroidery thread, table, manila tag
Installation Size: variable; Fabric Size: approximately 22´´W x 36´´H
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"Red Work: The Search for Allen Gray ", 2010 (detail)
Medium: cotton fabric, embroidery thread
Face Size: approximately 8´´square
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"Red Work: The Search for Allen Gray ", 2010 (detail)
Medium: cotton fabric, embroidery thread
Face Size: approximately 8´´square