WORK:




------ 
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
-----------
-----------
-----------
-----------
-----------
-----------
-----------
-----------
-----------
-----------
-----------
-----------
-----------
-----------
-----------
-----------
-----------
-----------
-----------
-----------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------
------


Mark





Seeing the red thread


Pratt, East Hall Gallery, April 12-16

Click here to read associated writing



Install shot




It’s hard to say whether the found thing is a clue or piece of skeleton,
Assorted found objects
2021



Artifact Casket,
Bleached burlap, beeswax, moth, shoulder pad, modified paper, unidentified found objects, glass, canvas, faux wood wallpaper, wood panelling, topsoil
2020



Patches for holes that do not yet exist,
Found frame, bandaids, ceramic shards, grout, dry erase marker, stick, five-fingered eraser,
2021


White Dress Exoskeleton,
White dress, twine, encaustic, paper mache, googly eye, cardboard, plaster wrap, image transfers, 2021




Haunted Utility Board,
Acrylic on cardboard, assorted found objects, post it notes, kermit sock, envelope, 2020


Seeing the red thread,
Cork board, red twine, push pins, assorted modified paper, printed images, laminate, etc., 2020

All I know about air mattresses is deflation,
Dissected air mattress, nylon, batting, cushion cover,
2021
Damaging Effects of the Tomato Curse (book)
Green tomato, resin, acrylic, cement, cardboard, cheesecloth, various ephemera, binder sheets, etc.
2021




Looking through the Death Mask,
Grocery basket, twine, ribbon, copper wool, CRT TV, found frosted glass-top table, collection underfoot.
2021
STICK IN THE SHAPE OF A GUN (video)
Stop motion animation on CRT TV
2021

 
Mark





Aggregates:




Needle in a Haystack AI
happy light, foil, found tiling, acrylic on panel, resin, hay, needle, found electronics, wires, etc., 2021


Mystery Aggregate
fabric, wine, resin, beeswax, foam, etc. 2020

     
Poetry room,
cardboard, wood, oil, vaseline, foam, hair, etc. , 2020



Mark

evidence,
artifacts,
documents,
etc.




Nomadic Clumps:





evidence,
artifacts,
documents,
etc.




Cat toy,
twig, retainer, wood glue, binder clip, floss, gum packet, pomegranite seeds, 2021




The death charms and the star nosed mole,
paper pulp, great-grandma’s death charms, 11”x8”, 2021




Boudoir scraps,
old quilt, cheesecloth, tights, garbage bags, wax paper, assorted fabric scraps. fishing line,
3.5' x 2', 2021





The Secretary’s Plot,
clip board, house paint, eggshells, grout, fossilized crab bones, 2020


Contrived Amber,
a manila folder laminated 1,000 times, 2020



Even the Tornado Left a Note,
linoleum tile, group, legal pad paper, sharpie, 2020

?***,
diary key, resin, foam, asphalt filler, acrylic, etc., 2020

Clam!,
resin, buoys, polyurethane cast, metal hinge, 2020


What to leave the robots...,
found sign, resin, shells, rocks, printed images, etc. , 2020

Mark




Sculpture:




Straightjacket for Chloris,
Welded steel, 28”x20”x6”, 2019




Birth net,
Window screen, twine, wood frame, and metal part, 30”x30”, 2020



Radiator hangout,
Partial radiator, foam, modeling paste, glue, and acrylic, 20”x26”x4”, 2019
Entropy still life,
Batteries, string, cloth, plastic bag, hot glue, hamster bedding, and oil paint on cardboard, 10”x12”x15”, 2017
Entropy diagram,
Aquarium rocks, wax, and plastic containers, 33”x33”, 2017

Organ System,
Welded scrap metal, 72”x10”x10”, 2016


Brain in the jungle ,
Foam board, spray foam, house paint, collage, ink, glass, mesh, bicycle tubing, and acrylic, 60”x36”x12”, 2015




Mark
Copyright © Klara Vertes 2020