2015

 

The Suspension of Disbelief

(Exterior): Drywall, concrete board, plywood, plaster, sand, mortar, printmaking inks, latex paint, gauche, graphite, debris

(Interior): Iowa Artifacts, chain, concrete board, drywall. Print: Woodblock, plaster, mesh, digital print on acetate, inkjet transfer, nails, burning, iron oxide, ground pigment, and graphite on plywood

11.5 x 14 x 4ft

Detail: Looking into the interior of the wall

Detail: View from inside the wall of the shipping crate from the show “A New Direction in Intaglio”.

Detail: View from the exterior into the interior, glimpsing the print, The Suspension of Disbelief”.

Built over 3 days on site, from 12 modules.  Interior includes a found artifact (a shipping crate from the 1960s from the traveling exhibition “A New Direction in Intaglio”, which I salvaged from the show organizer’s basement) and one original work.  People can access the interior through the opening to view both objects and see the backside of the wall. 


Time lapse photos of the installation of “The Suspension of Disbelief” over 3 days

Installation view of the show Adam Rake: What Remains?

        “Throw armfuls of emptiness

out to the spaces

that we breathe – ” 

Drywall, Concrete Board, Burlap, Plaster, Sand, Mortar, Printmaking Inks, Found wood, Debris

72 x 36 x 4in


     “In the world of men

          this is a life-bearing stream.” 

Concrete Board, Burlap, Plaster, Sand, Mortar, Printmaking Inks, Gauche, Latex Paint, Graphite

36 x 60 x 4in


 

“begin again and again

    the praise you can never

fully express.” 

Concrete board, burlap, plaster, sand, mortar, printmaking inks, latex paint, gauche, graphite

36 x 60 x 4in


 

“The buried are always seeking the earth again.”'

Lithography, Woodblock, Plaster, Mesh, Lathe, Iron Oxide, and Earth on Plywood, weathered outdoors in winter.

 

Exhibition view of completed work