Cast Paint

Originally coming from a painting background, I’ve been drawn again and again to ways of treating physically, even literally, the inherent balance between real and virtual space in painting. An early form of this was to treat paint itself as a material that could be cut, assembled and even used structurally.

Images 1-4 show some freestanding works using cast acrylic paint in the above way. The remaining images show later wall works that forgo the stitching used to assemble the earlier pieces. Instead, these pieces are seamless: each color is a layer present throughout the piece, only surfacing and becoming visible at certain points (this is most apparent in the detail image “Cast Paint 6”). Also, in these wall pieces the color reflected onto the wall plays an integral role in the overall “image”.

1)  Cast acrylic paint, plywood, thread. 

10”x8”x5”.  1994

2)  Cast acrylic paint, plywood, thread.  

14”x14”x16.5”.  1994

3)  Cast acrylic paint, brick, thread.  

4.5”x6”x4”.  1994

4)  Cast acrylic paint, brick, thread.  

4”x6”x4”.  1994

5)  Cast acrylic paint (one piece).  

38”x22”x1.25”.  1995-96

6)  Cast acrylic paint (one piece).  

38”x22”x1.25”.  1995-96 (detail)

7)  Cast acrylic paint (one piece).  

38”x30”x1.25”.  1995-96

8)  Cast acrylic paint (one piece).  

38”x30”x1.25”.  1995-96 (detail)

9)  Cast acrylic paint (one piece).  

42”x156”x1.25”.  1995-96

10)  Cast acrylic paint (one piece).  

42”x156”x1.25”.  1995-96 (detail)