"Furnishing the Suite" is a collaboration based on my Print Project and the work of 14 other artists who have produced artworks based on this idea of "an exploration of the secret life of furnishings. Where did they come from, what happened along the way and, sometimes, where do they end up? The show explores the life cycle of furnishings through the imaginings of a variety of artists."
Oct. 25 -Nov. 2, 2015
65-67 Town Square
Lima, Ohio 45801
Furnishing the Print Suite
The Furnishing the Print suite explores with the parallels between the additive process of silkscreen and the additive process of furnishing your first apartment. It is a fictionalized "narrative" of my own early 80's experience. What struck me was that every larger piece I got for that apartment had a history and that history continued when I "recycled" those pieces eventually, in a variety of ways.
Technically, I began this project with an Adobe Illustrator version that was then transferred to silkscreens and a 14 color hand printed silkscreen was printed, with the help of new CCAD alumni Ben Quinn.
I proposed that other artists might pick up those pieces from before or after my supposed use of them and insert them into a new setting. The additional pieces would be "sequels" or "prequels" of the furniture's life story. These works would be hung with the print and sort of time-lined or graphed out from it. This exhibition has become the upcoming shows "Furnishing the Suite."