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Spraygraphic Interview with Brion Nuda Rosch
By Spraygraphic | February 6, 2008
Spraygraphic Interview with Brion Nuda Rosch
SG: Please tell us about yourself?
BNR: I make art and enjoy time at home with my girlfriend and three cats.
SG: Where do you currently live and work?
BNR: San Francisco
SG: What mediums do you work with?
BNR: Found book pages, wood, paper, and recycled dump stock house-paint.
SG: Describe your working process when creating a new work.
BNR: Piles of painted paper and wood are found throughout my workspace and most of my work involves a simple act of arranging. These actions change from piece to piece.
SG: What kind of things do you do when you get blocked or find it hard to create something?
BNR: I step away, and give myself time to reflect on the marks or movements made. Many pieces watch over my workspace for a long period of time before becoming complete and I am comfortable with this pace.
SG: Where are you currently finding your inspiration?
BNR: This changes day to day. Today it would be the rain.
SG: Can you please tell us a little about your “four portraits”?
BNR: While exploring spatial relationships within my painting, the figure (portrait) often returns as a silhouette and foundation for a landscape to be built upon. Working within the figure as a foundation, fragments of existing abstract marks collage the visual plane mapping a composition of possible unconscious inner thought and necessity for direction. Along the way a celebration is free to exist, as we wear our maps as masks during this rite of passage.
SG: Can you please tell us a little about your Life and War series? Where did the found book pages come from?
BNR: I am seeking to understand my relationship with history and the stories told of life, war, and creation. History has been told through a visual picture, and it is through this visual picture that I have found direction. The found book pages come from history books, and as I collect these books, the series continues.
SG: Can you tell us a little about The Dollar Bill Project. How did you become involved in that show?
BNR: The Dollar Bill Project is an ongoing project / exhibition about the US dollar curated by Liz Walsh. Artists were invited to interrupt the US dollar. These interruptions varied.
SG: Where has your work been seen?
BNR: Allston Skirt Gallery, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, Southern Exposure, Triple Base, Samson Projects, and Adobe Books Backroom Gallery.
SG: Where will it be seen next?
BNR: I have a solo installation in the project space of Allston Skirt in Boston opening late February. Also, a group exhibition at Harolds Arts in Chicago. In March I have a solo project with 301 Bocana Gallery here in San Francisco.
SG: What is your dream art assignment?
BNR: A home in the woods with uninterrupted time and space.
SG: What is your favorite color?
BNR: Some of my favorite colors can be found here
SG: Who is your favorite artist? And Why?
BNR: A short list, Man Ray, Richard Tuttle, Cy Twombly, Ed Ruscha, Joan Mitchell, Hundertwasser, Louise Nevelson, Henry Flynt, Gilbert & George, John Baldessari, Fischli & Weiss, Joseph Beuys, David Bohm, Joseph Campbell, James Joyce, National Geographic, Nova, and Carl Jung.
SG: What book/magazine are you reading this week?
BNR: I am reading Joseph Campbell’s The Power of Myth, and have been re-visting James Joyce. My friend just turned me onto Richard Brautigan while visiting Adobe Bookstore.
SG: Ever do a self portrait? Where is it now?
BNR: I may have, and I don’t know where.
SG: Where is your favorite place to hang out?
BNR: Right now home feels best.
SG: Any final words of advice?
BNR: Enjoy your day.
Additional Links:
http://somethinghomesomething.blogspot.com/
ART:
Mountain Through My Fort. 2007. Found Book Page on Found Book Page
What Has Been Laid Down Often (Country Countryscape). 2007. Housepaint on Found Book Page
Mountain Before the Storm. 2007. Housepaint on Paper
Mountain After the Storm. 2007. Housepaint on Paper
Plane Towards Solid Ridge (Country Countryscape). 2007. Housepaint on Found Book Page
Toward Woods (Country Countryscape). 2007. Housepaint on Found Book Page
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April 10th, 2008 at 5:03 am
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