FALLING VERTICAL
Thomas Prinz + Mike Nesbit, 2018
Mixed Media
Paper, vellum, tape, nails, insulation, digital prints, and oil stick
180" x 48"
Reflections...Thomas Prinz
Balance of fragility and invulnerability.
Approachable but dangerous to touch.
Familiar but not identifiable.
Half step from pile of rubbish (careful arrangement).
Balance between materiality and immateriality.
Expansive.
Digital and physical manipulation.
Hybrid (new + old).
Ambiguity.
Lack of finitude.
Figure-ground.
Marks are intuition.
Emergence (to arise from).
Multiplicity as opposed to singularity.
Inconsistencies.
Moments not ideas.
Similarities.
Nuance.
Opposites.
Deviation.
Juxtaposition.
Assemblage.
Possibilities.
"I was always aware that I could combine order and chaos, string and mass, huge and small. I would try to find the most absurd opposites or extreme opposites and I was always aware of their contradictions, formally. It was always more interesting than making something right size, right proportion."
- Eva Hesse; in conversation with Cindy Nesmer, 1970
FALLING VERTICAL represents a continuing dialogue between Thomas Prinz and Mike Nesbit. Whether it is sketching on mylar or collaging soft pink insulation with nails, tape, and strips of digital printed images of construction scaffolding...the two use collage as a means to formalize a conversation. VERTICAL implies a direction of representation and FALLING helps to undermine the preciousness of any one idea.
Thomas Prinz + Mike Nesbit, 2018
Mixed Media
Paper, vellum, tape, nails, insulation, digital prints, and oil stick
180" x 48"
Reflections...Thomas Prinz
Balance of fragility and invulnerability.
Approachable but dangerous to touch.
Familiar but not identifiable.
Half step from pile of rubbish (careful arrangement).
Balance between materiality and immateriality.
Expansive.
Digital and physical manipulation.
Hybrid (new + old).
Ambiguity.
Lack of finitude.
Figure-ground.
Marks are intuition.
Emergence (to arise from).
Multiplicity as opposed to singularity.
Inconsistencies.
Moments not ideas.
Similarities.
Nuance.
Opposites.
Deviation.
Juxtaposition.
Assemblage.
Possibilities.
"I was always aware that I could combine order and chaos, string and mass, huge and small. I would try to find the most absurd opposites or extreme opposites and I was always aware of their contradictions, formally. It was always more interesting than making something right size, right proportion."
- Eva Hesse; in conversation with Cindy Nesmer, 1970
FALLING VERTICAL represents a continuing dialogue between Thomas Prinz and Mike Nesbit. Whether it is sketching on mylar or collaging soft pink insulation with nails, tape, and strips of digital printed images of construction scaffolding...the two use collage as a means to formalize a conversation. VERTICAL implies a direction of representation and FALLING helps to undermine the preciousness of any one idea.
Photos Courtesy of Taiyo Watanabe
About the Artists:
Thomas Prinz is an architect and fine artist based in Omaha, Nebraska. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Master of Architecture from Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. In 1990, Prinz established Arc-Studio to explore the disciplines of art and architecture. He creates works with thoughts of structures as well as paying homage to many past great artists like Giotto. His works are collages, monotype and digital prints on paper.
www.thomasprinz.com
Mike Nesbit is a fine artist based in Los Angeles. With a background in architecture, his multidisciplinary trajectory greatly informs his artwork, allowing Nesbit to explore areas between art and architecture with a focus on technique, repetition, and representation. Nesbit has participated in solo and group shows throughout the United States. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles and played four years of professional baseball with the Seattle Mariners.
www.mikenesbit.com
Thomas Prinz is an architect and fine artist based in Omaha, Nebraska. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Master of Architecture from Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. In 1990, Prinz established Arc-Studio to explore the disciplines of art and architecture. He creates works with thoughts of structures as well as paying homage to many past great artists like Giotto. His works are collages, monotype and digital prints on paper.
www.thomasprinz.com
Mike Nesbit is a fine artist based in Los Angeles. With a background in architecture, his multidisciplinary trajectory greatly informs his artwork, allowing Nesbit to explore areas between art and architecture with a focus on technique, repetition, and representation. Nesbit has participated in solo and group shows throughout the United States. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles and played four years of professional baseball with the Seattle Mariners.
www.mikenesbit.com