Each shelf becomes a custom container to hold the tool and brush, made from post-consumer MDF and foam underlay.
Photo Credit: Marchje Andringa
Photo Credit: Marchje Andringa
Photo Credit: Marchje Andringa
Photo Credit: Marchje Andringa
Latex paint left from previous Compound Yellow exhibitions, Compound Yellow Gallery, waste (empty paint cans, tape, paint roller, and plastic bag)_1057 x 264 x 266cm_2023
“Tesselescence (Compound Yellow)” is the next in a series of installations that reveal the visual history of an artist-run space using leftover paint from their previous exhibitions. Integral to this process is the careful processing of the cumulative resources that these kinds of spaces accrue, such as latex paint ranging from fresh to spoiled, or disorganized inventories. The term “Tesselescence" comes from a larger, ongoing series of work begun in 2014, which encompasses many transformative processes of waste materials. It is a portmanteau combining the concepts of “tessellation” (a two-dimensional pattern with a three-dimensional effect) and “obsolescence,” be it unintentional or planned. The site-specific painting that results from this process serves as a framework for the artworks in the exhibition.