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M. Thom Smith | Copycats
Acrylic on canvas, installed in the entranceway of the Yukon School of Visual Arts.
2012.
handed in art coursework at the end of this week with a project that ended up focusing on mourning in Judaism and particularly the traditions of sitting shiva and cutting the tzitzit (tassels) from the prayer shawl of the deceased. final outcome was a large painting (acrylics) on a ground made from scrap fabric and a textile sculpture of an oversized tzitzit loosely inspired by the work of Eva Hesse. Here’s a few photos of the piece with details of both sculpture and painting. there’s also a massive semi-abstract drybrush of a close-up of the sculpture but I don’t have any photos of that at the moment/I imagine it’s about ten times more striking in real life anyway.
Helena Ross is amazing and you should all love her.
“Brunch With Strangers #1 (Epilogue)”
coffee on paper cups
2011.
still riding the “take better pictures of your artsy business” train #portfoliotimes
“Brunch With Strangers #1 (Epilogue)”
coffee on paper cups
2011.
Whirl up, sea—
Whirl your pointed pines.
Splash your great pines
On our rocks.
Hurl your green over us—
Cover us with your pools of fir.
Oread, Hilda Doolittle