without moving – at 25
The painting / project ”At 25” was made as a kind of commemoration of 25 years of working with my daughter Temma as a subject and–to the extent that one can speak of her being so–as a collaborator in my art. The piece composed of 25 sections, each of which is painted by one or two artists from around the world. For the “portrait” side of the image I provided the participants with a section of a photograph corresponding to the piece they were given. I also gave them black and white matte acrylic (the paint I usually use) and asked them to render the photograph as stylistically neutrally as possible. For an artist to set aside their “style” is a significant gesture and as such I am very grateful for how willingly and sincerely the participants took on this part of the project. For the back-side of the work the directive was much more open: “make it gold”. As anticipated the result of the back was very eclectic and (friendship) quilt like.
Painting participants in the “At 25” project are the following (they are not identified with the specific piece they made):
Tanja Butler
Steve Carrelli
Guy Chase
Katie Cooper
Makoto Fujimura
Adam Benjamin Fung
Tim Hawkinson
Bruce Herman
Amy Huddleston
Riva Lehrer
Christen Mattix
Thomas Metcalf
Nnenna Okore
Catherine Prescott
Ted Prescott
Dean Ramos
Fujinami Rieko
Dean Roberts
Lindsay Steele
Atsushi Suwa
Stephan Tramér
Jaime Valero
Kelly Vanderbrug
Tim Van Laar
Timothy P. Vermeulen
Ian Weaver
Leonora Weissmann
Matthew Whitney
Patty Wickman
Wood fabrication by Dan Wolbert