K Staelin | work | 2007
Uncountable Date, 2007
Mixed media on wall
West wall: 96 x 60 in.; East wall: 83-1/2 x 31 in.
Uncountable Date shows two views from a terrace. The drawing looking out includes afterimages from looking at the sun, yarn marking the placement of the feet and visual perspective indicating the placement of the eyes. The drawing of the wall behind shows rough impressions of what I know to be behind me.
Untitled (Vase), 2007
Paper, plastic, yarn, postcard, clock, pencil, gouache
Approx. 50 x 48 x 30 in.
A delicate white paper vase sits on a table. Yarn marks the distance to the vase and then the eyeÕs leap between the orange of the petals and postcard.
seeingYarn, 2007
Diagram
Consisting of three drawings and yarn, Seeing Yarn investigates the process of seeing a line of yarn connecting the floor and ceiling. One drawing shows the yarn seen peripherally, one drawing explores the identification of it as yarn and a third examines the process of assessing it's dimensions, location and basic qualities.
seeingYarn, 2007
Installation
seeingYarn (ID), seeingYarn (calculate), seeing Yarn (glance), 2007
Mixed media on paper
Each: 78 x 44-1/2 in.
seeingYarn (ID) II, 2007
Mixed media on paper
78 x 44-1/2 in.
Sitting>>Here
Cable, chain, hardware, beads, marabou, paint, nylon line, dust, texture, glue
117 x 70 3/4 x 40 1/2 in.
The sensations/calculations in sitting down.
Doorway, 2007
Paper, plastic, yarn, postcard, clock, pencil, gouache
Approx. 50 x 48 x 30 in.
A delicate white paper vase sits on a table. Yarn marks the distance to the vase and then the eyeÕs leap between the orange of the petals and postcard.
View/Study, 2007
Paper, gouache, plastic, tape, glue, pastel, graphite, colored pencil, water color, marker, yarn, beads, marabou
44 1/2 X 50 x 28 in.
Situated in a corner, this landscape records the act of looking out the window and includes spatial calculations, color notations and the peripheral blur of the interior.
Room|Branch, 2007
Graphite, gouache, conte, charcoal, watercolor, yarn, marabou, bead, paper
Paper: 28 x 33 1/8 in.
Preparatory drawing for the installation "Room." This drawing plays with levels of attention. Dark red circles give way to more refined representations of the chairs, just as ones sense of a chair changes as it falls in and out of peripheral vision.
Detail of Room|Branch, 2007
Window frame and tree rendered as I understand them to be and see them to be.
Room <--> Pocket, III, 2007
Gouache, paper
5 x 5 x 5 in.
Condensed understanding of a space for filing away.
Room Eyelevel, 2007
Gel, bead, wire, gouache, yarn, paper
5 x 5 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.
Sketch of one's eyelevel.
Diagram of Room, 2007
Room consists of 7 works that play with levels of attention.
Chair, 2007
Tape, gouache, wire, bead, yarn, nylon line, marabou, plumb bob, graphite, pastel, charcoal, paper
78 x 44 1/2 x 29 in.
Chair shows a chair that one is aware of but not looking at directly. It's the red thing over there and the closest corner is about "here."
Detail of Chair, 2007
Another view of Chair. At certain angles the yarn, beads, and drawn shadow visually coalesce and register as a "real" chair.
Uninteresting Wall, 2007
Gouache, conte, graphite, bead, marabou, nylon line, paper
78 x 88 in.
Even though we may not focus on the most of the walls we encounter in a day, we register certain aspects such as height. This drawing explores this process of selectively registering information.
Detail of Uninteresting Wall, 2007
Corners noted with beads and lines.
Door, 2007
Yarn, bead, marabou, nylon line
94 x 8 in.
Detail of a sculptural drawing of a doorway and one's instinctual awareness of the opening edge handle.
Snap II (here), 2007
C-Print face mounted on Plexiglas
8 x 16 in.
Nguyen Ngoc Loan, Nguyen Van Lem, Eddie Adams, Vo Suu, February 1,1968, Saigon. News photo rendered in mirror and glass and photographed, Brooklyn, 2007.
Road Away, 2007
C-Print, face mounted to Plexiglas
9 x 9 in.
Phan Thi Kim Phuc and Huynh Cong (Nick Ut) with soldiers, siblings, cousins and others, 1972. Ut's photo rendered in mirror and glass, photographed, Mattapoisett, MA, 2007.