Movement Is a Mark
THE GARAGE ART CENTER
Queens, New York
May 30, 2021
ARTIST’S STATEMENT: Due to the pandemic, we needed to keep the audience small, so we did two performances, one right after the other. That set up a situation where I made two big paintings in just a few hours - something I’d never done before. In the second performance, something unexpected happened. I’d gone into the zone and in ways, lost control. At one point, I thought maybe I was done, took off my painting shirt, but then decided to go back in - all of which was quiet but incredibly exciting. The simplicity of making decisions, of making my marks, was a kind of drama in and of itself. Stumbling and then bringing the painting back opened up new possibilities.
— photos by Stephanie Lee
Performance #1
Performance #2
Here are the finished paintings:
Movement Is a Mark #1, May 30, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 64” x 89” - painted in front of a live audience at the Garage Art Center
Movement Is a Mark #2, May 30, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 58” x 82” - painted in front of a live audience at the Garage Art Center