Suspension, 2022
External panels: sumi ink, gouache, watercolor, and colored pencil on paper 12 in x 72 in (x4)
Central panel: sumi ink, alcohol marker, and colored pencil on paper, 60 in x in
Suspension was born from the two concepts I identified as central to the idea of artist inquisition as a practice of medicine during the development of Malady- recursion and suspension. I envisioned an infinite number of layers which exist within and without all things as we understand them. To practice this kind of 'medicine' which seeks to dissect, diagnose, heal, preserve, and mourn all at once these layers may be pulled into a state of suspension and isolated, recombined, or met with intervention to be fluidly interacted with. To identify the openings into the planes I consider the function of recursion, a form of affirmative study where the isolated entry-points are made up of images, concepts, and processes that have a particular quality that attracts me. In this way, I sense invisible patterns and connections that breed dynamic possibilities. In Suspension I began to visualize these ideas through a massive catalog of symbol-organisms and layers that both frame and populate themselves.
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