Jane Lackey - work

panoramic view (mouse over image to scroll) artist statement

2005 (installation 2007)

tape, thread, and paint on paper mounted on white lacquered board

13.5 x 37 x 3 inches each

2005

tape, thread, and paint on paper mounted on white lacquered board

13.5 x 37 x 3 inches

MAP ROOM installation 2005

2005

8.875 x 18.5 inches

paint, tape, stickers on paper

2005

8.875 x 18.5 inches

paint, tape, stickers on paper

2005

8.875 x 18.5 inches

paint, tape, stickers on paper

artist statement:
panorama

The 2005 installation titled MAP ROOM consists of two sets of sequenced works on paper made during a 2005 fellowship and artist residency at the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France. Previous interest in conceptual gene pools are redefined in these works which record daily observations and responses to the private work/live and community environments in Cassis. Panorama uses the name of one the major buildings at of the Camargo Foundation and follows its all encompassing perspective.

Using a surface of translucent paper and charting tape as a drawing material, a branching linear path was laid down to link the dynamics of the group of interdisciplinary fellows

as they inhabited the physical environment. Panorama is a continuous drawing (62 feet) approximating the circumference of the artist’s studio at Camargo. Japanese kozo paper, divided into 42 segments (9x18.5 inches each) are now joined in paired couplings and sequenced for installation. While stretching around the parameter of the room, the work offers complexity of marking that requires close and focused inspections of detail as one moves through its encircling form. The intention of panorama underscores the conceptual framework of an active space where ideas intermingle and creative works are in an open state of connection, change, influence, grafting and re-arrangement.

survey

The works on paper, titled survey, were made to recall project discussions conducted by all participants during an interdisciplinary artist residency in France. They grapple with the problem of creating a mnemonic for the texture and intimacy of conversation. The complete series is composed of 14 maps. survey #13, matrix and #14, hybrid link the twelve participants into overall group configurations. Individual discussions are represented with red dots. survey # 1 through #12 are also subtitled with initials to denote which participant’s discussion is represented.

In the detailed maps #1 through #12, the space of each discussion is remembered as a linear path within a dense yet translucent neighborhood of participating shapes.

The space of conversation or discussion is illusive. Perhaps we remember it as branching networks, labyrinths of body language, smells and sounds or through simple written notes. Here the space and form of discussion is imagined and projected as an intricate container and potential architectural plan.