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