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untitled (106 relief)
latex and residue print. 94" x 45"
With a one foot band of impacted surface around the outer edge of the print, the physical manifestation of marks on surface directly speaks to how the table has been used, holding within it the experienced history of the object. Without a key or legend to help the viewer decipher this archive of marks, the printed surface still references the physical activity of cutting, gouging, and scratching. Latex’s fleshiness also begins to relate itself back to the body’s ability to heal; scars form as skin sutures itself back together, discolouring and changing texture as healing takes place. Similar to skin in the healing process, the marks in "untitled (106 relief)" present themselves as scars formed to unite two sides of a broken surface. The latex binds along the divided sides lifted from the skin|surface, becoming a darkened amber as it mixes with the raw material and lifting the textures of the uneven surface. As with the other printed object|bodies, the referent surface of "untitled (106 relief)" no longer appears as a field of marks creating irregular vessels capable of holding residue and dirt, and instead present as raised, additive marks across the surface of the print.