Series 20 (WineArt SwineFart)*
Numerous "boutique" paintings sent to Ward's paper cutter and then collaged into these panels ---then overlaid with complex dripwork paint. Mixed media on wood panels. Oil, latex, acrylic, spraypaint, stencil resists, objects.
Panels hung vertically:
Real world view (from the "Between The Acts" show).
National Public Radio put a photo of Ward's #3 painting shoes on NPR.org in a page about a report on the news show "All Things Considered", Series 20 in background:
Hung at angles:
Detail views:
3 panels vertical:
3 panels, horizontal:
3 panels, horizontal:
Individual panels:
*Artist notes:
Long bothered by foreign-factory-made paintings being put into fancy frames and sold in boutiques and even in some galleries, Ward tracked down one of the sweatshops (located in Xiamen, China) and obtained dozens of kitcshy pictures —which Ward cut up and collaged into these paintings. The title-nickname, WineArt SwineFart relates to Ward's attitude to such mock-Impressionism, pseudoTuscan landscapes, and still-life quasipaintings decorating so many restaurants and offices.
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Exhibit views.
Unusual art processes.
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