I just did a wonderful artist residency in Mt. Tremper, New York. The setting was beautiful but rainy, nestled into the Catskill mountains a few miles from Woodstock. Because of the weather I stayed in and mostly spent my time drawing a catalog of every item in the entire house. One of the items featured on this spread is the owl cookie jar my friends recently acquired. They must have told me four times 'It has eyes in the back of it's head!!!' I hope it wasn't too much an invasion of my hosts' privacy to optically ransack their place! I did stay out of the drawers and cupboards...Here is a spread from the kitchen portion of the catalog. It's entitled 'On a rainy day everything is for sale' and has 15 pages. I think it's a great time capsule of my friends' lives from an unusual viewpoint: their posessions.
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2 comments:
I love the idea of representing a moment in life with a catalog of possessions. It would be so fun to look at such a catalog 20 years hence. Reminds me of finding long lost lists. I love happening upon a 5 year old notebook and revisiting my life via a grocery or task list.
Artist residency, love the concept!Come draw my house next time, it all looks so glamorous through your eyes.
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