JAY BURTON TRACY | Works on Paper
untitled #2308, 2005
thermogenic drawing mounted on museum board
3 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches | collection of the artist
3 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches | collection of the artist
untitled #2210, 2005
thermogenic drawing mounted on museum board
5 1/4 x 3 7/8 inches | collection of the artist
5 1/4 x 3 7/8 inches | collection of the artist
untitled #2287, 2005
thermogenic drawing mounted on museum board
3 7/8 x 4 inches | private collection
3 7/8 x 4 inches | private collection
untitled #2276, 2005
thermogenic drawing mounted on museum board
5 1/4 x 3 7/8 inches | collection of the artist
5 1/4 x 3 7/8 inches | collection of the artist
untitled #2280, 2005
two-layer thermogenic drawing mounted on museum board
3 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches | collection of the artist
3 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches | collection of the artist
we have no foothold on the invisible.
thermochemical change is the catalyst in
the facsimile series, a large series of small
works generated by selectively applying
transient heat gradients to temperature-
sensitive coated paper.
heat functions here as light does in a
cameraless photograph (photogram).
what is recorded in these thermogenic
drawings is a heat shadow (or heat gradient)
cast by a physical object alone or in combination
with other fixed or transient studio vectors.
these objects and conditions act as a negative
(matrix) for triggering the chemical responses
that generate the final recorded images.
these are very simple projections
of non-retinal realities into
the visible world.
thermochemical change is the catalyst in
the facsimile series, a large series of small
works generated by selectively applying
transient heat gradients to temperature-
sensitive coated paper.
heat functions here as light does in a
cameraless photograph (photogram).
what is recorded in these thermogenic
drawings is a heat shadow (or heat gradient)
cast by a physical object alone or in combination
with other fixed or transient studio vectors.
these objects and conditions act as a negative
(matrix) for triggering the chemical responses
that generate the final recorded images.
these are very simple projections
of non-retinal realities into
the visible world.
west berger street studio (santa fe, new mexico)
