(and Mark Mulcahy's many-splendoured 'In Pursuit of Your Pleasure' generally)
A sunny Saturday morning stroll alongside a section of one the local double black lined roads revealed much evidence of aluminium can 'roadkill' in the gutter, most serendipitously found subject/object matter, shot on site/sight once again...
(with a plastic bottle, suitably flattened, thrown in for good measure...)
Later, I had a mind to try a little experiment, using a selection of the not inconsiderable store of found & collected 'roadkill' cans as the underlying base texture of quickly processed rubbings-drawings on A5 scale, wondering if there might be any mileage (excuse the pun) in utilizing such source material to suggest the tarmacked road surface upon which they are found...
then adding a collaged element of torn strips of paper to represent the double black lines...
graphite on paper collage/21x14cm
As with previous recent examples, the use of photography attempts to communicate something of the nature of the textural surface quality of the drawings, achieved through the process of frottage...
graphite on paper collage/21x14cm
For the third attempt in the series, another element was incorporated into the collaged surface in the form of newsprint, in the interests of further textural (& textual) incident, with reference made to previous examples of the 'roadkill diptych' sequence of drawings &, playfully, also to art history (as ever)...
graphite on newsprint & paper collage/21x14cm
The first two drawings seem to achieve a modicum of success in at least suggesting the road surface with its lines, fissures & raised stony 'highlights' (actually occurring in reverse), the general texture & composite nature, & might be something that has potential for further development, allied to more considered processing, perhaps. At least they have a certain pleasing 'object quality', in the manner of the source 'roadkill' cans, with the network of slightly raised textural details producing silvery highlights upon the dense graphite surface.
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