proximities (vowel/shadow/moon/found)

vowel/shadow/moon/found 1
(right)
2010
enamel paint on found wood
29" x 10" x 9"

vowel/shadow/moon/found 2
(left)
2010
enamel paint on found wood
26" x 12" x 7"

the two sculptures also use the vowel structure of judd’s text as a score. here the colors relate to rimbaud’s vowel color equivalents (which i have used numerous times over the last 15 years, and which are always used as an hommage to one of my heroes, terry fox, who also worked with rimbaud’s vowel colors for years). the wood was found on site by the last artist in residence, who gave me the 5 leftover pieces of wood the day i arrived. certainly, the 5 pieces suggested the use of the 5 vowels, particularly in relation to the fact that the second largest number of vowels in judd’s text were the “A”s – and lo and behold the second largest piece of wood had been painted black – which is, of course, rimbaud’s color equivalent for the letter A…