Painting
Off The Wall | 120”
x 480” x 12”
1983
XVII São Paulo Bienal, Brazil & 1998 Texas Sculpture Symposium, San
Antonio
A lot of
good art comes in small packages. Here the package becomes the art. Each square
box demonstrates the evenness and balance quintessential to its shape. The furrows
and wrinkles that form the corrugation in its walls add strength as well as
a cushioning softness to the construction. Dressed up in paint that glitters,
they open their hooded flaps at varying angles, inviting a peek into their vacant
recesses. They stand waiting, empty and passive, secured to the wall. Placed
in this artificial position and stripped of their function as containers their
structure is weakened. They are not asked to accommodate anything, but only
to appear beautiful, not to perform, but only to be.
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Dritschel retains all rights to her art and installations shown on this website.
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A
lot of good art comes in small packages. Here the package becomes the art. Each
square box demonstrates the evenness and balance quintessential to its shape.
The furrows and wrinkles that form the corrugation in its walls
add strength as well as a cushioning softness to the construction. Dressed up
in paint that glitters, they open their hooded flaps at varying angles, inviting
a peek into their vacant recesses. They stand waiting, empty and passive, secured
to the wall. Placed in this artificial position and stripped of their function
as containers their structure is weakened.
