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Single Object Tom Ferguson 1987 - 2006 |
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Post-Womb, Pre-Market Cups cup series |
These paintings elaborate the idea of extracting an instance of reality out of it's ordinary context in order to experience it more intensely. The selections are not random but are particularities that resonated for me - stood out in the field of possibilities, those singularities that somehow impressed upon me their essence. The Paintings are in the tradition of the Still Life as well as the Dada, Pop and Conceptual Art movements. The WAY they are painted is linked to Minimalism. There may as well be a Biblical reference also where "every hair is numbered." We mustn't overlook the Zen moment nor the notion of sacredization. Ah,... words. It was fun to watch daughter develop. I kept her first drawing, where I happened to be there when she picked up a piece of charcoal & lit into a piece of paper. I was there holding onto the seat when she finally took off on her bike. She was 6 then, we were in Milwaukee. It was funny that she always insisted on doing it herself, from tying her shoes to riding a bike.. & eventually a car. We did lots of painting & drawing together. I was pleased, & surprized to find in one of her school books that her favorite thing to do was paint with her dad. I don't know how serious to take that but it's nice that that's what she thought of to that question. She wouldn't have said it about music. I tried to get her to play with my songs when she was taking piano lessons & that didn't go well. And soccer, I knew nothing about it until she got on a team. She'd done gymnastics for a few years but the soccer was much more fun. It was a treat to see the incredible feats she performed in gymnastics but alot of the time was waiting her turn. With soccer it was an hour of fun. I tried once to detach from outcome, not care about scoring. Didn't work. |
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