These paintings were made during the run of my store called Artist's By Emily [sic]. The impetus for this project was a desire to imitate a form related to the circulation of money so that it would pass through it, and that I would confront it, as I confronted myself in the role of entrepreneur in the context on my artistic practice. I attempted to work with the store structure as I would a material, rather than in direct opposition, outside, or within its form. While this work proceeded many artist’s stores, Claes Oldenburg’s, The Store, also called Ray Gun, had the most direct influence on the structure of it’s formation. The “plays” and “incidents” Claes held in his store were titled after things that might happen in any ordinary store such as “The founders, how they struggle”. The titles of these plays functioned as a framework for the activities, paintings, and the conceptual and physical day-to-day operation, of Artist’s By Emily [sic].
inventory, 3'x2.5', Cardboard, acrylic paint, 2009
coolest potato, 3'x2', Cardboard, acrylic paint, 2009
Quaker King, 8"x10", Photo on canvas print, acrylic paint, 2009
the founder, how it struggle, 3'x2.5', Cardboard, acrylic paint, 2009
someone enters, 3.5'x3.5', Cardboard, acrylic paint, 2009
use your telephone, 3'x2', Cardboard, acrylic paint, 2009
