David R. Guenette

       ARCH ART

In Media Res

My art is made out of the material created in the headlong rush of materialism: recoveries from forgotten trunks, drawers, and boxes, gleanings of estates, flea markets, and tag sales, and the revealed and retrieved from streets, sidewalks, and trash piles. The material includes media—photographs, slides, cards, prints—that are plentiful, to say the least. But there’s more: the written and printed record of personal and public lives is also copious, from the informational sort, such as diaries, letters, books, documents, and magazines, to the many and various recording products, such as films, records, and tapes.

Not surprisingly, these objects are capable of being powerfully infused with nostalgia. Even physical objects with which viewers are not personally involved (such as an anonymous fourth-grade class photograph, or a stranger’s old handwritten note) are likely to have meaning projected on to them by the viewers.

This show would focus on assemblage art work that highlight media objects. 

Examples of pieces relevant for inclusion:

Things That Come Between (2003)

Go Figure, Forth, and Multiply 2003

Father Hand (2003)

Ephemeral Lamp (2002)

Re-Past Box (2001)

Identity Kit (2003)

In Media Res (work-in-progress)

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