Just Two More and My
Collection Will Be Complete
-Installation by Anthony
Marshall
-Music: Soundtrack to Pride and Prejudice (starring that Keira Knightley girl)
There I was, utterly fondling a luxurious brocaded
silk fabric, thinking about the scarf I was about to make with it. As I struggled to find the perfect pairing of
color and texture, it struck me. I was
the son of a “garage-sale-queen,” and here I was about to spend $30, before the
coupon of course, on a couple yards of this lavish fabric, all for the sake of
luxury.
My work explores a manic need to
emulate luxury and wealth. My work is
built from thrift store trinkets, clearance goods, and low-grade
materials. Everything about my work is a
façade, barely able to withstand even the briefest glance. I use flamboyantly baroque displays filled
with color and texture, as a distraction technique screaming, “Look at me,
instead of the wall that just might collapse on you at any minute!” I create
awkward visual struggles between hasty cheap constructions, and gaudy shrines
of lavishness and fortune, while exploring aesthetic values, materiality,
theatricality, and faux abundance.
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