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Bryn Sumner

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Groundscapes (small)

Fall 2017.

Series of two-color lithographs, Editions of 5, Paper Size: 9x10-1/4 inches.

The images in this series are a record of detritus collected from Brooklyn public spaces. My fieldwork is a practice of intimacy through observation; it is a method of seeing the familiar with new eyes and an expression of reverence for the mundane. I look down—not to determine what should or should not be present in these curated "natural" spaces of our city, but in a spirit of gratitude, to document what I find. The reticulation patterns formed by the drying of lithographic tusche washes around the collected objects resemble the marks found on topographic maps, recalibrated to an intimate scale; they describe pieces of the landscape that are individually ephemeral, but represent enduring features that define each place.

4 Ft Greene II.jpg
3 Ft Greene I.jpg
7 Cadman I.jpg
8 Cadman II.jpg
5 Ft Greene III.jpg
6 Ft Greene IV.jpg

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