“LP-12”

LP-12 is a series of twelve pictures, each to do with some aspect of record collecting.

I started making this series in 2009, when vinyl LPs were an anachronistic minority interest. Today, records are a collectible commodity, fashion accessory, and the object of much fetishization. That cultural shift changed the tone of the work as it progressed.

The paintings, each the size of a 12" LP sleeve, are like tracks in an album. They all use the same palette (instruments), and each is a self-contained whole, but sympathetic to its companions.

Every painting makes reference to a different artistic movement, and they all have an epigram etched into their surface, in the way messages are often scratched into the run-out grooves of records.

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