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Jo Hummel
DISGUISE

2020

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  • Pyre VII, india ink charred plywood abstract patterns earth tones created w fire
    Located in Brooklyn, NY
    Pyre VII 2017 India ink and acrylic paint on charred birch plywood 32" x 24" x 1.25" Pyre VII is part of a series of charred panels Watson completed in 2017 at the Arts, Letters and Numbers Residency in Averill Park, NY. The pieces incorporate local materials, rice, and fire to create charred photographic images on plywood that explore themes related to being, substance and imperceptibility. The imagery references the practice of cremation on a funerary pyre in which the corpse is prepared and burned over a construction of combustible materials. Within the work, rather than destroying the body, the fire produces an afterimage that remains indefinitely. Each day Watson would scavenge the site collecting natural objects, such as sticks, small rocks, and other detritus. He laid these objects on the surface of the plywood with raw rice. The surface was then charred using a propane torch. After the objects and rice were removed an image of them remained, like a photogram. In some panels, He incorporated a homemade black rice ink or various paints to tint the surface before and after burning. Rice is a recurring theme in Watson’s work. It alludes to an uncontained body in the process of decay, returning to the earth to become a source of sustenance for new life. It also imagines the soul extending beyond its fleshly container. The act of burning attempts to capture the space between life, death, and rebirth— freezing it in a state of transformation. The sticks, stones, and rice become remnants of life and markers of space and time. They are more than mere grains and detritus. They become the body as a trace of what was and a reflection of what will be. Michael Watson...
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    2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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    Acrylic, India Ink, Wood, Plywood, Birch, Wood Panel

  • Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Composition No.250
    By Sumit Mehndiratta
    Located in Paris, IDF
    Acrylic and Indian ink on archival paper - artwork can be shipped in a tube or framed in a crate
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    2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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    India Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper

  • Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Composition No.249
    By Sumit Mehndiratta
    Located in Paris, IDF
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    2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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    Acrylic, Archival Paper, India Ink

  • Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Composition No.261
    By Sumit Mehndiratta
    Located in Paris, IDF
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  • Vintage Abstracted Sea Cave oil and Paper Collage
    Located in Soquel, CA
    Wonderful vintage multi-media piece of sea cave by California artist Jim Kirwan (American, 20th Century), circa 1980. Signed lower left " Kirwan". Unframed. ...
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    1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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    India Ink, Acrylic, Rice Paper

  • Music
    Located in Ridgewood, NY
    Acrylic and mixed media on paper. By incorporating elements of synesthesia, I create a visualization of music.
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