Merced Wall Mercator Collage

This piece is one of the artist’s “recycled works,” part of an ongoing body of work created through deconstruction and transformation of previous artwork. In this particular piece, various mixed-media and painted works on paper have been reduced to fragments, and re-created as new artworks. This process, part of a larger project that has been underway for a number of years, gives these works conceptual significance beyond their immediate visual characteristics, and engages viewers in a broader overarching conceptual process underlying the artist’s larger body of work. The technique used in this particular piece is similar to that of mosaic, where smaller individual fragments are cut and fit together into a larger pattern or composition. In addition to the bold shapes and forms built up through the careful arrangement of diverse fragmentary elements, the spaces between components are also an integral aspect of these works. Though visually subtle, these spaces, or margins, where the diverse and fragmentary elements meet, and merge, comprise an important underlying framework that maps meetings of past/present/future. In this particular piece, the paper collage has been encased in a layer of resin. These resin-based works are difficult to convey in photographs, in part because of the high gloss finish. The side view photographs are helpful to visualize how light reflects on the surface, and in all photos, you may notice reflections cast on the surface of thee artwork. This piece has warm amber tones, and I have included side views against a plain white wall, and one detail photo with a plain white sheet of paper on the artwork, for reference.