VENTURING MIDWEST
Thomas Linder + Daniel Paul Schubert, 2022
McCook, NE
"In the arrival to this place, which is a removal from a norm, one is well aware that they have entered into a deep conversation, a rigorous practice, and a greater means to push what contemporary creative practices and education can, and should be, a commitment to making and perceiving in our present spaces."
- Catie Newell. Foreward. black contemporary, by Peter P. Goché, Peter. P Goché, 2021, p. 7.
I never yet saw such a storm,
Or one’t with it began!
So overboard a keg of nails
And anvils three we threw,
Likewise four bales of gunny-sacks,
Two hundred pounds of glue,
Two sacks of corn, four ditto wheat,
A box of books, a cow,
A violin, Lord Byron’s works,
A rip-saw and a sow.
A curve! a curve! the dangers grow!
“Labbord !--stabbord!--s-t-e-a-d-y!--so!--
Hard-a-port, Dol!--hellum-a-lee!
Haw the head mule!--the aft one gee!
Luff!--bring her to the wind!”
For straight a farmer brought a plank,--
(Mysteriously inspired)--
And laying it unto the ship,
In silent awe retired.
Then every sufferer stood amazed
That pilot man before;
A moment stood. Then wondering turned,
And speechless walked ashore.
- Mark Twain. "The Aged Pilot Man." Roughing It, American Publishing Company, 1872, pp. 374-375
again, writing from the road
hailing Northeast through the Southwest
the road is red from the iron
the sky floats four clouds
I pass a salvage yard of scrap vehicles
then a sign that states "Motel"
what remains are the bones...
wood, metal & concrete.
despite its intention
despite its past
it continues
its core withstanding.
here is an old cowboy
stationed in front of a no-name service-station
his heart beats
as the birds chatter, a freight train rolls past.
the song can remain after it is played
-post-façade
Program funding provided by:
Graff Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Thomas Linder + Daniel Paul Schubert, 2022
McCook, NE
"In the arrival to this place, which is a removal from a norm, one is well aware that they have entered into a deep conversation, a rigorous practice, and a greater means to push what contemporary creative practices and education can, and should be, a commitment to making and perceiving in our present spaces."
- Catie Newell. Foreward. black contemporary, by Peter P. Goché, Peter. P Goché, 2021, p. 7.
I never yet saw such a storm,
Or one’t with it began!
So overboard a keg of nails
And anvils three we threw,
Likewise four bales of gunny-sacks,
Two hundred pounds of glue,
Two sacks of corn, four ditto wheat,
A box of books, a cow,
A violin, Lord Byron’s works,
A rip-saw and a sow.
A curve! a curve! the dangers grow!
“Labbord !--stabbord!--s-t-e-a-d-y!--so!--
Hard-a-port, Dol!--hellum-a-lee!
Haw the head mule!--the aft one gee!
Luff!--bring her to the wind!”
For straight a farmer brought a plank,--
(Mysteriously inspired)--
And laying it unto the ship,
In silent awe retired.
Then every sufferer stood amazed
That pilot man before;
A moment stood. Then wondering turned,
And speechless walked ashore.
- Mark Twain. "The Aged Pilot Man." Roughing It, American Publishing Company, 1872, pp. 374-375
again, writing from the road
hailing Northeast through the Southwest
the road is red from the iron
the sky floats four clouds
I pass a salvage yard of scrap vehicles
then a sign that states "Motel"
what remains are the bones...
wood, metal & concrete.
despite its intention
despite its past
it continues
its core withstanding.
here is an old cowboy
stationed in front of a no-name service-station
his heart beats
as the birds chatter, a freight train rolls past.
the song can remain after it is played
-post-façade
Program funding provided by:
Graff Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Thomas Linder:
Photos Courtesy of Dan Schwalm
Daniel Paul Schubert:
Photos Courtesy of Dan Schwalm
Instagram posts from Thomas Linder + Daniel Paul Schubert chronicling their journey to and residency in McCook, NE:
Photos Courtesy of Thomas Linder + Daniel Paul Schubert
Email conversations regarding this residency:
About the Artist:
Thomas Linder’s practice utilizes different materials to generate new bodies of work. Each series is an experiment within a process. His latest series titled ‘Strangers’ utilizes full cowhides as a canvas. The shape, color and texture of the individual hides provide a starting point for a broad painting and drawing practice. There is a conscious decision to leave the conscious mind out of the studio. This leads to a range of imagery from graphic abstraction to figuration to text. The work aims to tap into an understanding of doodling or that first spark of creativity itself. Moments of representation peak through abstraction only to recede and hide their faces again. Lines are drawn free of planning or sketching in search of pure form and expression while holding on to order and a sense of the artist’s personal style. Most consistent are themes coming from a Midwest farming background, cowboys, crop-like patterns, working rhythms with a sense of play where fun can be found in a monotonous day to day lifestyle.
Linder was born in Saint Paul, MN in 1986 and now lives and works out of his studio in Los Angeles, CA. He is the Co-Founder of the Artist-Run Gallery, BBQLA. He received his BFA in Sculpture and Community Arts from Kansas City Art Institute as well as an MFA from Bowling Green State University. His work has been exhibited nationally including solo shows at Ibid Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2017) and Maple St. Construct, Omaha, NE (2019). And group shows at Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA, and Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
www.thomaslinder.com
Daniel Paul Schubert is an artist based out of Los Angeles California near where he was born. His time is divided between working in his home studio, professionally over the road as a truck driver, and on an undeveloped piece of family land, called blue-ridge, where he works with the land and builds site specific pieces. Schubert considers all of this to be part of his practice, whether it’s moving along the land and road, restoring old hand tools, maintaining land, vehicles, and home; it all leads back and reflects in the studio. He is a collector and gatherer, a fan of fallen and salvaged material, often time, through time, these things become something else that last, or else they are used up until they can no longer serve a purpose. Notable exhibitions include The Shed Echo Park, Arvia Los Angeles, Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection Chicago, and Garash Galleria CDMX.
www.danielpaulschubert.com
Thomas Linder’s practice utilizes different materials to generate new bodies of work. Each series is an experiment within a process. His latest series titled ‘Strangers’ utilizes full cowhides as a canvas. The shape, color and texture of the individual hides provide a starting point for a broad painting and drawing practice. There is a conscious decision to leave the conscious mind out of the studio. This leads to a range of imagery from graphic abstraction to figuration to text. The work aims to tap into an understanding of doodling or that first spark of creativity itself. Moments of representation peak through abstraction only to recede and hide their faces again. Lines are drawn free of planning or sketching in search of pure form and expression while holding on to order and a sense of the artist’s personal style. Most consistent are themes coming from a Midwest farming background, cowboys, crop-like patterns, working rhythms with a sense of play where fun can be found in a monotonous day to day lifestyle.
Linder was born in Saint Paul, MN in 1986 and now lives and works out of his studio in Los Angeles, CA. He is the Co-Founder of the Artist-Run Gallery, BBQLA. He received his BFA in Sculpture and Community Arts from Kansas City Art Institute as well as an MFA from Bowling Green State University. His work has been exhibited nationally including solo shows at Ibid Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2017) and Maple St. Construct, Omaha, NE (2019). And group shows at Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA, and Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
www.thomaslinder.com
Daniel Paul Schubert is an artist based out of Los Angeles California near where he was born. His time is divided between working in his home studio, professionally over the road as a truck driver, and on an undeveloped piece of family land, called blue-ridge, where he works with the land and builds site specific pieces. Schubert considers all of this to be part of his practice, whether it’s moving along the land and road, restoring old hand tools, maintaining land, vehicles, and home; it all leads back and reflects in the studio. He is a collector and gatherer, a fan of fallen and salvaged material, often time, through time, these things become something else that last, or else they are used up until they can no longer serve a purpose. Notable exhibitions include The Shed Echo Park, Arvia Los Angeles, Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection Chicago, and Garash Galleria CDMX.
www.danielpaulschubert.com