This period of isolation has encouraged a degree of rewiring of my work habits. It has opened time to ponder, to reach back to previous work, and to bring forward aspects that feel worth further investigation.
2014 was the first time I exhibited artwork that was hung by piercing the actual artwork. I used etymology pins piercing through silk, into another material, so the overall effect was that the pins were stuck into a glass window. (photos below)
I loved this action, and it has returned in bolder ways. There is a work on acrylic sheet in progress in my studio that I have pierced and used a nail as a joiner and hanging device. The nail holds two sheets of acrylic together and attaches them to the wall. In the past, I have hidden the hanging system; now, it is obvious. I like the simplicity and directness of this hanging method, and the tone it sets to work that otherwise is ephemeral.
I pay homage to artists Robert Ryman and Christoper Wilmarth for their investigations using unconventional hanging systems.
Pierced, Blue, 11.25 x 9 inches, acrylic on acrylic sheet, 2020
detail, Seeing Through, Time as Landscape, silk, acrylic, pins, glass, 2014
Seeing Through, Time as Landscape, Hansel & Gretel Picture Garden Pocket Utopia Gallery, Chelsea, NYC 2014