COLLECTION NAME:
CVPA Student Collection
mediaCollectionId
UMASSDVRCVRC~34~34
CVPA Student Collection
Collection
true
resource_ID:
2016jmiddleton_008
resource_id
2016jmiddleton_008
resource_ID
false
artist_name:
Middleton, John
student_last_name
Middleton, John
artist_name
false
artist_variant_name:
John Middleton
student_first_name
John Middleton
artist_variant_name
false
artist_nationality:
United States
student_nationality
United States
artist_nationality
false
artist_vital_dates:
1942
student_vital_dates
1942
artist_vital_dates
false
UMassD_CVPA_degree:
MFA - Artisanry
umassd_cvpa_degree
MFA - Artisanry
UMassD_CVPA_degree
false
graduation_year:
2016
mfa_graduation_year
2016
graduation_year
false
area_of_study:
Wood
area_of_study
Wood
area_of_study
false
additional_acad_degrees :
PhD Indiana University
academic_degree
PhD Indiana University
additional_acad_degrees
false
medium:
found objects, paint
medium
found objects, paint
medium
false
work_title:
Tales From the Harbor
work_title
Tales From the Harbor
work_title
false
technique:
assemblage from found objects
technique
assemblage from found objects
technique
false
work_date:
2015
work_date
2015
work_date
false
dimensions:
36" x 84" x 6"
dimensions
36" x 84" x 6"
dimensions
false
description:
Time, tides, wind, storms, marine organisms, and the sun transform objects that are lost or discarded in the water in ways that can render them strange and beautiful. Accidents and hurricanes break up boats and their parts, once clean and functional, are scraped and scoured into new forms that obscure their original history. Paint weathers and fades, leaving behind only hints at what it used to be. Metals rust and develop patinas. Glass shatters; sharp corners are smoothed away; surfaces cloud. Worms drill and colonize wood and bone. Things change and change again. My work is to collect these objects along the shoreline and to bring them together in works that call attention to the dignity, beauty, and uniqueness of their transformations, and offer them the opportunity to tell their stories. In a larger sense, these stories serve as a metaphor for the transformations effected in human beings by the forces of time and weather. Like my found objects, we can be transformed in dignified, beautiful, and unique ways, and our faces tell our stories.
description
Time, tides, wind, storms, marine organisms, and the sun transform objects that are lost or discarded in the water in ways that can render them strange and beautiful. Accidents and hurricanes break up boats and their parts, once clean and functional, are scraped and scoured into new forms that obscure their original history. Paint weathers and fades, leaving behind only hints at what it used to be. Metals rust and develop patinas. Glass shatters; sharp corners are smoothed away; surfaces cloud. Worms drill and colonize wood and bone. Things change and change again. My work is to collect these objects along the shoreline and to bring them together in works that call attention to the dignity, beauty, and uniqueness of their transformations, and offer them the opportunity to tell their stories. In a larger sense, these stories serve as a metaphor for the transformations effected in human beings by the forces of time and weather. Like my found objects, we can be transformed in dignified, beautiful, and unique ways, and our faces tell our stories.
description
false