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| Work Lost in France, 2000-2001, four mounted paintings, acrylic on masonite |
Documentary paintings are the chosen means of staying
in touch with works lost over time due to either neglect or inattention
in the case of Book Shelf 2, 1982; Lanterns of
the Blue, 1978; Good Reading Light 2, 1982; and The
Result of Backbreaking Labor, 1982. These were the four pieces
that I crated and shipped to the Galerie Caroline Corre in Paris in
1982. They were shown in Paris and then included by the gallery in
a number of group exhibitions of book related art in various parts
of France. Due largely to the complications of language and distance
as well as inertia on my part, communication with the gallery gradually
diminished and finally ceased. At this time I consider the pieces permanently
(perhaps happily?) lost in France. |