Below you will find some images of this series I'm working on. Ultimately there will be more to the project including paintings, silk scrolls, an installation floor with inset concrete castings and running water making a muddy mess, and a soundtrack, which will all contribute to my evolving narrative. As I can afford to make these pieces I will continue to post.
In previous posts I talk about why I'm doing this to some degree, but basically I'm exploring the possibility of taking mundane subjects/objects and elevating them to a new perception. By exploring various media, and with various ways of manipulating the hose, I'm hoping to elevate it from a lowly status of utility, even annoyance because you have to find some place to put it after you are done watering...to a form of visual 'beatification' (yes even godlike). If I can make it beautiful enough, interesting enough, sensuous enough, maybe it's adoration we will feel rather than disdain.
But then, there is the realization that this is in the end just a darn hose.
(Click 2x to enlarge)
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| Pedestals (Front View) Hose Impressions Photo Credits: Terry Bostwick Plaster Impressions Painted MDF, Laser Cut Patinaed Steel, LED Lighting |
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| "Hose Impression #1" 2011 15"x15"x36"T |
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| "Hose Impression #2" 2011 15"x15"x36"T |
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| "Hose Impression #3" 2011 15"x15"x36"T |
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| "Hose Impression #4" 2011 15"x15"x36"T |
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| "Hose Impression #5" 2011 15"x15"x36"T |
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| "Hose Impression #6" 2011 15"x15"x36"T |
"Hose # 2", 2111
26"T x 40" W
Graphite on Paper
26"T x 40"W
Graphite On Paper
"Hose, Impression #1", Concrete, 12"x36"
"Hose, Impression #2", Concrete, 12"x12"
"Hose, Impression #3", 12"x12"
"Hose, Imbedded #1", Hose in Concrete, 12"x28"
"Hose, Imbedded #2", Hose in Concrete", 12"x12"
"Hose, Imbedded #3", Hose in Concrete, 12"x12"
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