Oil Texts on New Media
These are mostly on aluminum not canvas.
[Like the past two pages, this one is under construction as I sort the images. This one currently has oil painted texts on image collages as well as on rephotographed and appropriated details of images]
Reporter, 2022, oil text on collage of rephotographed appropriated images on aluminum, 72 x 54 inches.
I Forgot That I Should Care, 2021, artist’s text over altered detail of artist’s manual rephotograph of famous artist’s rephotograph of staged commercial photo. Tape original to first rephotograph. 120 x 54 inches (oil text on canvas); 94 x 62 inches (new media on aluminum).
Only Some Species Unmarred, artist’s text over twelve different altered details of photograph of famous artwork, 2021. 82 x 58 inches (oil text on canvas); 68 x 50 inches (new media on aluminum).
Cowboy Kid No. ___, 2020, artist’s text over detail of manual rephotograph of photograph of iconic work by famous artist who in turn appropriated image of famous pop culture icon — who, in turn, rose to pop culture immortality by appropriating from other traditions and cultures without attribution.
Art and Social Criticism No. __ (Holzer, Power), 2021. Artist’s text over detail of manual rephotograph of photograph of iconic work of famous artist. This piece is the first of a series of art criticism in relation to cultural and social commentary by the artist placed on the face of the subject work. 82 x 66 inches (oil text on canvas); 94 x 88 inches (new media on aluminum).
Third Portrait, Jesus Christ Dead Savior, In His Insanity Of Peace (Just Who Has The Illness Of The Mind). Artist’s text and handwriting over altered detail of manual rephotograph of iconic historic public domain photograph taken 1960 in Havana, Cuba. 2020. 120 x 50 inches (oil text on canvas); 94 x 44 inches (new media on aluminum).
What Is And Is Not Abnormal, 2020, artist’s text and handwriting over altered detail of manual rephotograph of famous artist’s rephotograph of staged commercial photo. 120 x 54 inches (oil text on canvas); 94 x 50 inches (new media on aluminum).
Strut, 2022, oil text on montage of altered details of appropriated images on aluminum, 54 in x 54 in.