Notes on Clarissa is an ongoing project based on the 18th-century epistolary novel Clarissa by Samuel Richardson. The 99 collages in Notes on Clarissa (Volume I) are derived from 4 x 6-inch exhibition cards of my 2019 installation Ebb Tide at ODETTA/Chelsea. Volume I was shown in my 2020 solo exhibition "Uneasy Terms" at Undercurrent in Brooklyn, NY.
The novel's story is told primarily through the correspondence (500+ letters) between four principal characters, and details the drama of a young woman's seduction, violation and ultimate tragedy. Each collage alludes to one of the letters in the four-volume novel. The considered manipulation of exhibition ephemera highlights the interplay between the materials used in my installations and the photographic representation of that work.
Below is a selection of collages from Volume I. CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE.
I/XXXV
2019
Exhibition card, Mylar, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
I/XLIII
2019
Exhibition card, acrylic paint, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
I/LII
2019
Exhibition card, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
I/XXXI
2019
Exhibition card, plastic garbage bag, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
I/XXX
2019
Exhibition card, plastic garbage bag, staples, eyelets
Various dimensions
I/XXXIII
2019
Exhibition card, staples, eyelet
Variousdimensions
I/LXXXV
2019
Exhibition card, vellum, staples, eyelets
Various dimensions
I/LVII
2019
Exhibition card, plastic mesh, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
I/XXXIV
2019
Exhibition card, acrylic paint, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
I/XLVI
2019
Exhibition card, plastic garbage bags, vinyl, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
I/XVII
2019
Exhibition card, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
I/XXI
2019
Exhibition card, lenticular plastic, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
I/XXIV
2019
Exhibition card, acrylic paint, staples, eyelets
Various dimensions
I/XXII
2019
Exhibition card, lenticular plastic, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
I/XV
2019
Exhibition card, acrylic paint, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
I/XLIV
2019
Exhibition card, black foil, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
I/XLVIII
2019
Exhibition card, plastic garbage bags, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
I/XLII
2019
Exhibition card, paper & vellum, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
I/LXVI
2019
Exhibition card, black foil, staples, eyelets
Various dimensions
I/XCIV
2019
Exhibition card, plastic garbage bag, staples, eyelets
Various dimensions
I/XC
2019
Exhibition card, plastic garbage bag, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
I/XII
2019
Exhibition card, vellum, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
I/X
2019
Exhibition card, plastic garbage bag, staples, eyelets
Various dimensions
I/LXII
2019
Exhibition card, lenticular plastic, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
I/IX
2019
Exhibition card, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
I/XCIX
2019
Exhibition cards, black foil, staples, eyelets
Various dimensions
I/LII
2019
Exhibition card, plastic garbage bag, staples, eyelet
Various dimensions
Notes on Clarissa (Volume I), installation view2020Approx. 10 x 21 ft.As shown in solo exhibition "Uneasy Terms" at Undercurrent, Brooklyn, NY
Notes on Clarissa (Volume I) installation view, detail2020As shown in solo exhibition "Uneasy Terms" at Undercurrent, Brooklyn, NY
Notes on Clarissa (Volume I), installation view, detail2020As shown in solo exhibition "Uneasy Terms" at Undercurrent, Brooklyn NY
Footnote #1, Notes on Clarissa (Vol. I)
2020
Exhibition cards, staples
Footnote #2, Notes on Clarissa (Vol. I)
2020
Exhibition cards, staples
Toonote #3, Notes on Clarissa (Vol. I)
2020
Exhibition cards, staples