Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Weik, Roger |
Title |
Structure in Silence |
Medium |
Copolymer emulsion and oxide pigments on canvas and fiber-mesh |
Date |
1988 |
Description |
Roger Weik (Chicago 1949; lives and works in Los Angeles) Structure in Silence, 1988 Copolymer emulsion and oxide pigments on canvas and fiber-mesh 42 x 47 inches Knoxville Museum of Art, 2007 gift of the artist Weik is a West Coast artist who specializes in abstract paintings and drawings that explore texture and surface in ways that suggest the forces of nature instead of the human hand. His gouged, fragmented, scarred surfaces resemble geological forms, suggest fragmented ruins or sediment debris, and give sense of being created by natural processes. This effect is often due to Weik's unusual techniques. In making Structure in Silence, for example, he used a casting technique that he explains as follows: "Structure in Silence was created by placing the objects that float on the field of ochre color on the concrete floor of my studio in Garden Grove, Ca. I poured tinted Copolymer emulsion on the floor to cover the objects. After a week I was able to peel the entire painting from the floor. It is essentially a Cast painting technique that I developed from my work with Resin casting in College." Weik's works are in the collections of the LACMA, Tucson MoA, Bakersfield MoA, St. Louis MoA, Crocker Art M (Sacramento), Fullerton Art M (San Bernardino), Arkansas Art Center, Daum MoCA (Sedalia, MO), Univ Michigan MoA (Ann Arbor) |
Catalog Number |
2007.05.01 |
Search Terms |
Canvas Polymer paintings Fibers |
Credit line |
Knoxville Museum of Art, gift of the artist |