Artist’s Statement

Most ideas about art are modeled after those of Duchamp and Warhol. Much like their work, mine has the appearance of mass produced objects of our Pop-Culture. Currently I am using paper from my workplace that I have cut in-half or to an another size. I then will shrink-wrap it creating a nice little package or glue the sheets together to create a column of paper. The pieces then seems to become more of a commodity rather than a piece of art.

My reasons for this are simple. I noticed once that a pattern is created, by cutting in to the image on the paper, when cutting down a job at work one day. I was thinking how could I keep that pattern and be able to show it. I first glued the sheets together with padding glue. Later I got the idea of using shrink-wrap film to hold the paper together. The majority of the wrapped pieces are small and very personal. They are the right size to pickup and study them. The glued pieces I think are more like portraits, like a bust. I try to think of a relationship of the colors I use. So far I have used white with a single accent color. I really enjoy this because one questions the idea of what the piece is. Is it art? Can I open it? Will I need to unwrap it to see the real art? Or if it is unwrapped have I just destroyed the art? Is it protected from me or am I protected from it? Is this some kind of note pad on steroids? So far everyone has asked most of these questions including: Is this really art?

With all the questions that can be raised I will tell you this: I am only showing you a pattern that was created by printed material that has been cut down, or a simple patter I created while stacking sheets of paper. I am not interested in any deep meaning or have any thoughts other than showing the viewer something I find really fascinating.

For names I have been using names of cartoon shows and characters from my childhood. I have always thought children are much more creative because they have a limitless bank of ideas. To them anything is passable. I like to think I have never lost that train of thought. This is simply be a way of holding on to the Pop-Culture and some of the ideas I was raised on. A child of the 80's wear everything was for sale and Pop-Culture seems to have reached its highest peak.

So I leave you with this as my statement: High art as mass produced commodity.