Corner installation view of eight boxes of crayon from the negligence (2018-) project displayed with rear cross-section of the artist’s body from the (dis)appearance (2017) project, cast from silver Crayola crayon on bed of red, orange, and yellow Crayola crayon labels. Exhibited at The University of Southern Indiana New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art - February 23, 2019
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Installation view of the artist carefully positioning 10,000 Crayola crayon cast 9mm bullets in an mirrored reflection of the word “Help” written on an exhibition space wall at the Tim Faulkner Gallery on October 5th, 2018.
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Installation view of prosaic (dis)appearance (2016-17) at the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum of Art on May 12, 2017. Crayola crayon, gesso, linen, mylar, poplar, stainless steel, aluminum, and 48,648 Crayola crayon labels
Installation view of prosaic. 2016. (Crayola crayon, gesso, linen, poplar, and 3,648 Crayola crayon labels) displayed at the Sam Fox School of Art and Architecture graduate studio galleries on December 2, 2016.
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Installation view of name paintings. 2016. (Crayola crayon, gesso, linen, and poplar) displayed at the Sam Fox School of Art and Architecture graduate studio galleries on December 2, 2016.
24 pure Crayola crayon color from the 24-pack box and one hybrid, homogenized 24-color-mixture monochrome paintings with ‘Waller Austin’ inscribed into surfaces
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Installation view of Mouth of a Gift Horse. 2017. (Three thermal radiation suits, wood, steep, polyester fiberfill, found stuffed animal, prosthetic packer penis, steel wire, mylar, sound activated LED stage light, glassine paper, adhesive tape, wire stanchion, Crayola crayon, gesso, linen, poplar, and 9,000 white Crayola crayon labels) displayed at the Sam Fox School of Art and Architecture graduate studio galleries on March 8, 2017.
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Eleven Hybrids (Supreme Composition after Arp) 2016 8’x12’x2” Crayola crayon, linen, poplar (Oxblood - 34.5x34.5x2”, Shimmering Soil - 30x30x2”, Sarsaparilla - 27x27x2” , Walnut - 24x24x2”, Tobacco - 19.5x19.5x2”, Raisin - 17x17x2”, Truffle - 14x14x2”, Chocolate - 12x12x2”, Espresso - 10x10x2”, Bark - 7x7x2”, and Chard - 5x5x2”) *available
With a view informed by our post-colonial lens, I found myself experimenting with color homogenization. In 2016 @crayola brand offers eleven options of assorted crayon boxes. In concert with their packaging logic, I mixed each collection into ever so nuanced browns, and then poured the hybrid colors over specifically sized panels, corresponding to each box by crayon volume such that each surface held an identical tension and depth. Unsure of a proper arrangement for displaying the collection as one, I cut the scaled-down squares from a single sheet of printer paper and dropped them on to the floor. I recorded their chance fall and organized the array on the wall by this divine intervention.
Through a simple process of comparing paint swatches from to these novel crayon mixtures, I objectively identified ideal color names and inscribed them into the wax surfaces with a soldering iron.
Hot & Cold 2015 8x6x6’ (installation dimensions variable) two mixed media paintings, each 8’x6’x2” (Crayola crayon, acrylic, oil, yarn, adhesive, spandex, gel medium, polyester jewels, poplar, pine, sequined fabric, vinyl, rayon, bear rug) *available