Ian Wood (b. 1971)
Shell, September 25, 2015
Torn paper, text, 1947 Royal Arrow typewriter, McCormick® red food color & egg dye, a small protest against the notion that my emotional distance and cynicism are inherent because here I am pretending to open my veins for my art and stuff
Ian Wood (b. 1971)
Mourning, September 16, 2015
Torn paper, text, Solatube® tubular daylighting device, Scotch™ removable mounting putty, a persistent sense of unsourced grief
Ian Wood (b. 1971)
Light, September 8, 2015
Torn paper, text, curtain, the west-facing window in my mother’s room that offers the golden hour glow with which I will forever associate the period in my life when I was her caregiver
Ian Wood (b. 1971)
Discourse, September 8, 2015
Torn paper, text, Phillips EcoVantage 43-watt light bulb, Acorn® Versafit® fleece sock, confidence that this is so
Ian Wood (b. 1971)
Mongrel, September 7, 2015
Torn paper, text, Nutella®, ostensibly specific cultural invective that is in fact directed at no one in particular
Ian Wood (b. 1971)
Everyone, September 5, 2015
Torn paper, text, martini glass, Star® Spanish olives (queens, stuffed with minced pimento), water, paranoid suspicion
Ian Wood (b. 1971)
Why, September 3, 2015
Torn paper, text, Tomy i-SOBOT™, Elmer’s® holographic foam board, Wowee® Robosapien V2, the futility of self-awareness
Ian Wood (b. 1971)
Subtlety, September 1, 2015
Torn paper, text, human face, loss of confidence
Ian Wood (b. 1971)
Cancer, August 24, 2015
Torn paper, text, liver, concrete driveway, conviction and a certain amount of disgust
Ian Wood (b. 1971)
Moth, August 23, 2015
Torn paper, text, halogen porch light, disappointment disguised as cleverness