Father-Daughter Art Show 2006
This body of work was produced out from the concept of an imaginary daughter. Occupying a fictional persona disconcertingly close to my own, I produced a series of artifacts which hypothesized potential facets of her identity and elements of a fatherhood narrative. Exhibiting my fascination with parenthood and my fantasies of a young daughter, I placed the viewer in a position of unsettling intimacy—contemplating the boundary and interrelationship between male and paternal desire. I situated my body as a linking substrate throughout the project—as a remnant scent in the quilted shirts I used to wear, pressed against drawings and canvases in anatomical works, and located directly in the exhibition space through the Peek-A-Boo video, peering down at an empty baby carriage. On another level this piece could be read as a reflection on studio production—as proud artist rather than proud father, I can be seen doting on the products of my hand. This project can be understood as a device for exploration—expanding a space of content around a generative idea—and implicating my self in everything that was made.
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| 10 California Girls, Up For Adoption Now. | ||||
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24"
x 24". Oil and Graphite on Canvas. |
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| Warm Bed. | ||
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Toddler bed,
paper, graphite. Side, Foot, Head views. |
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| Umbilicals. | Baby Portrait. |
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9 x 9", pencil on paper. |
| My Girl | My Nipples | My Shirts (Quilt) |
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48" x 48", oil
on canvas. |
48" x 48", acrylic
on canvas. |
56" x 60", artist's shirts. |
| Peek-A-Boo | ||
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Baby carriage, video
projection, extension cord. |
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