Shelby Head
Providence, RI
My art practice challenges social and linguistic constructs in the United States through precisely crafted artworks organized into collections.
MessageCollection: In Measured Line
In Measured Line is a series of works influenced by the practicalities of minimalism as integrated with elements of light and architecture and balanced by the chosen medium: paper. The artist has reproduced the essence of architecture by reducing line and space to its simplest form. Using versatile, flexible, and ordinary paper as material throughout the series intentionally necessitates the works' medium (noun) to become an action (verb): to paper over, patch up, or conceal.
The surface of Head's work is covered with a variety of off-white paper, creating a quiet contrast between shapes. The fragility and vulnerability of paper allows for chance to contribute to the overall surface composition; when the surface is damaged in the art-making process, an accidental mark is then covered up with a strip of paper, a wrinkle is cut out and resurfaced with a swatch, and a patch is added to counterbalance the cover-up. These external forces of chance and circumstance allow fresh discovery within each new composition.
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