Apparitions 02 has now made its way out of the studio to the 2013 quarterly subscribers! This special series is a carbon transfer on paper with various accumulations and build up from its making. These pieces are 9 x 12 inches. (ed. 9/9 pictured)
May: Full Subscription
Posted in 2013, Dark Continuum on May 21, 2013 by drawingsubscription
Dark Continuum 05 has now made its way out of the studio to the 2013 subscribers! This series is mixed media on paper charting the trajectory of the studio practice through the black elements available and on-hand which have been and will continue to be used in upcoming projects. Page size is 9 x 12 inches. (ed. 8/8 pictured)
Paradise Lost at MINUS SPACE
Posted in Other Blackness with tags Black, MINUS SPACE, Paradise Lost, Vincent Como on May 3, 2013 by drawingsubscription
Vincent Como: Paradise Lost 004; Oil on Linen with Wood, Wax and Fire; 2011-Present; 20 x 5.5 x 26.25 inches overall
I am very excited to announce Paradise Lost a solo exhibition at MINUS SPACE gallery in Brooklyn opening May 10, 2013 and continuing through June 15, 2013. This series of paintings has been a long time in the making, having been constructed using strict classical techniques of the old masters. Through a series of warm and cool black glazes the surfaces of the paintings are carefully built up and then varnished to a high gloss finish. There is an active decay inherent to the work which results from a series of candles burning on a shelf underneath the paintings leaving faint traces of activity by way of the accumulation of heat and soot, slowly eating away at the surface and altering the work over time at an almost glacial pace. As a result, these works are not only meant to challenge the viewer’s sense of history, memory, evolution, and transcendence, but also their grasp of the precious.
I am truly honored to be showing this work with Matthew and Rossana, whose tireless efforts and dedication have become manifest as one of the smartest and most interesting programs presenting minimal/non-objective work in all of New York.
April: Full Subscription
Posted in 2013, Dark Continuum on April 30, 2013 by drawingsubscription
Dark Continuum 04 has now made its way out of the studio to the 2013 subscribers! This series is mixed media on paper charting the trajectory of the studio practice through the black elements available and on-hand which have been and will continue to be used in upcoming projects. Page size is 9 x 12 inches. (ed. 8/8 pictured)
Goings on
Posted in 2013, Apparitions with tags Apparitions, Quarterly subscriptions on April 15, 2013 by drawingsubscriptionA little peek at what’s in store for quarterly subscribers. The second installment of “Apparitions” will be heading out next month!
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Atramentum published by Radical Matters Editions Label
Posted in Other Blackness with tags Black, Black Metal Theory Symposium, Digital Monotype, Editions, Radical Matters Editions Label, Vincent Como on April 9, 2013 by drawingsubscription
I am very happy to partner with Radical Matters Editions Label, an independent publishing house and record label in Italy focusing on experimental and transgressive works, to unleash the black mysteries of Atramentum through their Eskathon Publishing division. This collection of works are “Images”, or rather, arrangements of black on a page delivered as an e-folio which are to be printed out by the collector. These works are digital monotypes, as each different printer, toner, and paper combination will have a hand in the authorship of the pieces, affecting the appearance of the final work. Atramentum is the ancient term used to describe “the very black”.
This project is scaled to EU standards and the A4 paper size. Similar to the 8.5 x 11 inch US “Letter” standard, but not quite, so that too will slightly alter the final composition.
Direct Link to PDF download here
I first came in to contact with Sandro Gronchi at Radical Matters when participating in the third Black Metal Theory Symposium in 2011. RMEDL provided a live stream of the proceedings which are archived on their site. Sandro is a tireless supporter of some of the most interesting experimental music, art and theory that can be found in the living world. We had been discussing another larger scale publication project which has not yet become manifest, but in the interim, it has been an honor and a pleasure to be able to produce Atramentum with him. I’m very much looking forward to other projects from RMEDL and the Eskathon Publishing series, and you should too…
Enjoy!
