"Exquisite What?" now on exhibit

"Exquisite What?"

Ian Henderson and Clint Fulkerson

Fort Port Arts Community Gallery

300 Summer ST Boston, MA

March 12-April 16, 2010

Opening Reception:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:30-8pm

Artists' Presentation:
Friday, March 26, 2010 7:00pm

"Exquisite What?" brings the spirit of blind collaboration into sculptural process, as the Surrealists did for writing and drawing with their famous game, Exquisite Corpse.

The Art is viewed under magnification in enclosed containers, which resemble the handling boxes used by scientists and medical researchers. Visitors reach through openings in the cases to handle the work and examine it from all sides. These boxes allow for an intimate connection with the work while still protecting the objects.

By touching and inspecting the work, viewers will explore their surfaces in a playful, inquisitive manner that reflects the spirit of their creation.

Here are some images of the sculptures. I'm very pleased with the results of our hard work, and I encourage everyone to come out to the opening reception and our presentation or at least to see the show.

All twelve pieces exhibited are sterling silver and are at most 3"-4" long

Pleonasm:

Chiliasm [detail]:
Dysphemism [detail]:
Chiast:
Bifurcation:

Exquisite What? March exhibit

Ian Henderson and I are exhibiting our collaborative sculptures at Boston's Fort Point Community Gallery in March. Contact me with your address if you want a postcard. More e-info to come as the show nears.

wax

Yes, I know it's slow and boring to watch it happen by video, especially in real time, but here is the progress on the wax thus far:

I swear it's not boring for me.

Wax Modeling Video

shell growth

Crazy Waction

This is a detail of some wax work I'm building in collaboration with Ian Henderson. We call the method Exquisite Wax because we're working in the Exquisite Corpse fashion. This is just the beginning on my first turn. When I decide I'm done, I'll obscure  my wax with a water soluble wax, leaving parts exposed so he can add wax, and mail it to him. When he's done working, he'll do the same, and then we'll cast it in silver or bronze (but probably silver because it casts better with more definition). I also have a wax he sent me already but I'm not showing that one. Technically I shouldn't be posting this publicly because he might see it. It could be called a spoiler. That is why this image is so cropped, hopefully it is confusing. We certainly don't want him premeditating his design based on this.