OBJECTS > Shim Works

FLUIDITY (THE PUZZLE)
FLUIDITY (THE PUZZLE)
oil paint on wood shims
2019
Detail - FLUIDITY (THE PUZZLE)
Detail - FLUIDITY (THE PUZZLE)
oil paint on wood shims
2019
geometric abstraction, color theory, multiracial, mixed race studies, pigmentocracy, pattern
FAMILY CONSTELLATION
oil on wood shims
37h x 8.5w x 2.5d in.
2016
geometric abstraction, color theory, multiracial, mixed race studies, pigmentocracy, pattern
FAMILY CONSTELLATION - detail
oil on wood shims
37h x 8.5w x 2.5d in.
2016
Geometric abstraction, color theory, multiracial, mixed race studies, pigmentocracy
SPECTRUM (Color Study)
oil on wood shims
14.75h x 13w x 1.75d in.
2016
Geometric abstraction, color theory, multiracial, mixed race studies, pigmentocracy
SPECTRUM (Color Study) - side view
oil on wood shims
14.75h x 13w x 1.75d in.
2016
geometric abstraction, relief sculpture, abstract drawing, mixed races studies
THE ARCHITECTURE OF HYPODESCENT
(view 1)
oil pastel, chalk pastel on wood shims
7-5/8h x 9-1/4w x x 2-1/4d in.
2018
geometric abstraction, relief sculpture, abstract drawing, mixed races studies
THE ARCHITECTURE OF HYPODESCENT
(view 2)
oil pastel, chalk pastel on wood shims
7-5/8h x 9-1/4w x x 2-1/4d in.
2018
geometric abstraction, relief sculpture, abstract drawing, mixed races studies
THE ARCHITECTURE OF HYPODESCENT
(view 3)
oil pastel, chalk pastel on wood shims
2018
2020
2020

Painted, pigmented and/or stained constructions reflect a search for a form-language to interpret and critique the complex frameworks societies construct, based on race and elaborate calculations of "color".

Related works on paper: Bookmarks for a Mixed Race Narrative