Still Wave, 2021

Photogravure printed in blue on gampi paper with chine collé, 30" x 29" (unframed); 32 1/4" x 31 1/4" (framed)

Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman Gallery

Framing courtesy of Atthowe Frameworks

I've always looked at contemporary culture and reflected on what are, in effect, some of the major building blocks of who we are-science, the built environment, notions of home/domesticity, institutions of learning, etc. This interest, and curiosity in examining our collective history, evidence of time's passage, and how culture is revealed through language and architecture was further explored in this series End Grain: The Displaced Shadow. The elemental shapes used in this work serve as basic architectural gestures; foundational pieces constructed to define shape, space, and volume. Still Wave in particular, presents a scaled up image of a piece of wood with a curved side and exposed end grain. Seeing time's physical passage in the growth rings of the wood, in turn, allows this image to represent time as an abstraction. Photography both embraces and eludes literal description, offering a reinterpretation that moves beyond whatever happened in front of the camera. Much of my thinking about this is based on the idea that there is nothing more mysterious than a well-described fact.