JAY BURTON TRACY | Works on Paper
PL-44, 2019
collage of unaltered passages
from destroyed works on paper (dated 1972–2018)
pigment wash, ink, dye sublimation printing, serigraphy
on various paper substrates
3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches | collection of the artist
from destroyed works on paper (dated 1972–2018)
pigment wash, ink, dye sublimation printing, serigraphy
on various paper substrates
3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches | collection of the artist
ventus III, 2019
collage of unalterd passages
from destroyed works on paper (dated 1972–2018)
ink wash, permanent marker, pencil, gelatin silverprint
photogram on various paper substrates
3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches | collection of the artist
from destroyed works on paper (dated 1972–2018)
ink wash, permanent marker, pencil, gelatin silverprint
photogram on various paper substrates
3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches | collection of the artist
ventus II, 2019
collage of unalterd passages
from destroyed works on paper (dated 1972–2018)
ink, ink wash, sepiatoned gelatin silverprint
photogram on various paper substrates
3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches | collection of the artist
from destroyed works on paper (dated 1972–2018)
ink, ink wash, sepiatoned gelatin silverprint
photogram on various paper substrates
3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches | collection of the artist
OH-UN, 2019
collage of unalterd passages
from destroyed works on paper (dated 1972–2018)
ink, ink wash, monoprinting on various paper substrates
3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches | collection of the artist
from destroyed works on paper (dated 1972–2018)
ink, ink wash, monoprinting on various paper substrates
3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches | collection of the artist
ouarzazate, 2019
collage of unalterd passages
from destroyed works on paper (dated 1972–2018)
ink, pencil, permanent marker, relief printing
on various paper substrates
3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches | collection of the artist
from destroyed works on paper (dated 1972–2018)
ink, pencil, permanent marker, relief printing
on various paper substrates
3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches | collection of the artist
doubt, 2019
collage of unalterd passages
from destroyed works on paper (dated 1972–2018)
iron-silver salt photoemulsion, ink, serigraphy
on various paper substrates
3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches | collection of the artist
from destroyed works on paper (dated 1972–2018)
iron-silver salt photoemulsion, ink, serigraphy
on various paper substrates
3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches | collection of the artist
these cut paper collages are culled
from "retrospection in miniature:
a personal history project", an open
series of mixed media works initiated
in 2019. they are constructed from
1/2" wide strips of paper excerpted
from a variety of works on paper—
works i chose to destroy and then
repurpose in order to explore the idea
of what it could look like to conflate
time and the temporal distances
between the most mundane and
most exceptional moments in life.
some of the collage elements in
these works are over 50 years old,
while others are comparatively new.
they contain evidence of my artistic
productions between age 16 and 62.
conflating time and space from inside
this particular creative cul-de-sac—
the series was produced under the same
constricting circumstances as the reverse
paintings on altered mirror glass—
the resulting juxtapositions of form,
color, value, texture, and medium
effectively deconstruct the original intent
of the source works. old marks become
new gestures stripped of their original
creative context and placed inside
new formal and narrative frames.
this, combined with the scale of each
work seems to amplify the intimacy
of self-examination as a process
while permitting each casual or
engaged viewer an opportunity to
assemble their own open reading
of each collage in the series
and across the project
as a conceptual whole.
from "retrospection in miniature:
a personal history project", an open
series of mixed media works initiated
in 2019. they are constructed from
1/2" wide strips of paper excerpted
from a variety of works on paper—
works i chose to destroy and then
repurpose in order to explore the idea
of what it could look like to conflate
time and the temporal distances
between the most mundane and
most exceptional moments in life.
some of the collage elements in
these works are over 50 years old,
while others are comparatively new.
they contain evidence of my artistic
productions between age 16 and 62.
conflating time and space from inside
this particular creative cul-de-sac—
the series was produced under the same
constricting circumstances as the reverse
paintings on altered mirror glass—
the resulting juxtapositions of form,
color, value, texture, and medium
effectively deconstruct the original intent
of the source works. old marks become
new gestures stripped of their original
creative context and placed inside
new formal and narrative frames.
this, combined with the scale of each
work seems to amplify the intimacy
of self-examination as a process
while permitting each casual or
engaged viewer an opportunity to
assemble their own open reading
of each collage in the series
and across the project
as a conceptual whole.
2x3 foot studio (clear lake, iowa)
