Place 3, Abbey by Jason Webb - Original Wall Sculpture

Place 3, Abbey by Jason Webb
8.5" width x 15.5" height x 5" depth
paper clay coated wood
ready to hang with keyhole hangers
signed + titled by artist on back

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Experimental Artist's Statement:
Places for What We Keep is a series of small wall shelves made to hold objects that have personal meaning. They are built from wood and coated in a paper clay made from acrylic paint and shredded junk mail, bills, Austin Chronicles, and other miscellaneous paper; materials most of us handle daily and usually discard. By turning these familiar materials into something lasting, the work reflects on what we choose to save, what we let go of, and how we create space for the things that matter to us. Each shelf offers a unique and intentional place, inviting viewers to imagine what they might put there and why.

Artist's bio:
For the past decade, Jason has made paintings of Austin’s residential bulk trash as part of an ongoing series titled ‘Discard Piles’. A few hours each week he drives the city’s neighborhood streets searching for the crème de la crème of trash piles. They are documented photographically, exactly as found without alteration to their arrangement. Back in his studio, select piles are intricately painted using water-thinned acrylics against empty white backgrounds. Collectively and individually, these paintings hold open space for contemplating the unknown stories of other people’s lives; the power and seeming necessity of purging; the environmental impact of disposable culture; and the uncanny beauty of dereliction.