Name/Title
Swarm no. 2Entry/Object ID
2017.06.2Description
A dark circle with patches of white in the center surrounded by dots and blobs of paint.Artwork Details
Medium
oil monotype on paperContext
"Drawing is the nucleus of my work; it is the core from which my work grows, allowing me to move my ideas forward. Responding to materials and situations, my drawings are made in series of varying lengths that resemble storyboards. Through the repetitive drawing of ordinary and familiar objects, I am able to disconnect from the implication of their significance, to examine the relevance of these objects as purely visual topics.
Swarm no 1-16 are monoprints produced by rolling oil paint onto a sheet of Plexiglass.
The technique of monoprinting is employed to transfer image to paper. Paper is laid gently on top of the wet oil paint and an image is drawn on the reverse shifting the pigment to the paper. Swarm is a large series of over 1,000 images produced to create an animation completed in 2005. Images were created quickly each form responding to the previous." - Fraser TaylorAcquisition
Accession
2017.05-07Source or Donor
Taylor, FraserAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Fraser TaylorInscription/Signature/Marks
Location
BL of VTranscription
[A.S.] 2004Notes
Inscription Type: graphiteLocation
BR of VTranscription
516Notes
Inscription Type: graphiteLexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Animation, StoryboardsDimensions
Dimension Description
overallWidth
17 inLength
14 in