Hyperstatic
University of Texas
Austin, TX
2024
In this body of work, I continued working within a flexible tradition of self-portraiture, using my body as a vehicle to think through intimacy, gesture, and the relationship between bodies and objects. A large-scale graphite drawing of bodies piled high establishes a claustrophobic atmosphere, while several much smaller drawings introduce shifts in scale and proximity. Elongated drawings pair a pipe with a braid of hair, linking bodily and domestic forms through ideas of transit and entanglement. Two animations extend the work into time: one is a self-portrait in which I teach myself the string game witch’s broom, while another depicts my hands playing cat’s cradle with another person. This second animation was UV printed onto cardboard from moving boxes; the frames were then cut with an X-Acto knife to expose the corrugated interior, with the cuts following the rhythm of the movement. Across these works, repetitive gestures and extended drawing processes emphasize the body as both subject and syntax.
(Documentation by Tova Katzman)
Momma’s sink-washed clothes drying over the hotel AC unit, Graphite on Canvas, 32 x 22 inches, 2023
Pipe and Obstruction,
Graphite and China Marker on Paper, 75 x 21 inches each, 2023
Untitled (Hyperstatic), Graphite on Paper, 144 x 96 inches, 2023
Untitled (Arranging), Graphite on Panel, 6 x 6 inches, 2023
Untitled (Legs), Graphite on Clayboard, 8 x 10 inches, 2023
Cat’s Cradle, UV Prints on Cardboard, 10 x 14 inches each, 2023
Witches Broom, Video animation, 6 sec loop on iPad, 2023
Witches Broom, Video animation, 6 sec loop on iPad, 2023
Cat’s Cradle, Video animation, 3 sec loop on iPad, 2023