The raw materials in To Be Shared (verso) connect with the landscape painted within; they are in and of the earth. The visible materiality of the canvas frame envelops the landscape. Bare timber, folded linen corners, and exposed staples reveal secrets normally concealed from public view. The physical acts of stretching, stapling, cutting is openly recorded, holding nature tautly in place. In my work as an art museum photographer, I document these unseen artworks. Ultraviolet and X-ray imaging lays bare fascinating images hidden under the surface and on the verso of many ‘finished’ paintings.
To be shared (verso)
Oil on linen, aerosol, timber stretcher bars and staples
102 x 71.5cm