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The Lost Red Paint scrolls were part of my exhibit, Any Reproduction, 1988; The first component, the Lost Red Paint Scrolls, meant to evoke a cultural history and shared ritual. The second, Stormy Weather, the turbulence and transition of the present. Walking on Earth is an optimistic response to an uncertain future.
For the Lost Red Paint scroll series all the images are taken from a television screen. I produced three scrolls; the Lost Red Paint scroll, a culture’s past, images from a documentary on indigenous peoples. The Rosebud scroll, a culture’s popular culture, images from the movie “Citizen Kane”. The Klein Bottle scroll, a culture’s science, images from a documentary film.
In the mid 1980’s, in my capacity as photographer at the Manitoba Museum, I was privileged to be asked to photograph a number of indigenous scrolls incised on birch bark. This prompted an expanded research on scrolls that led to this project and my own incisions on these scrolls.
The scrolls are hand coloured and incised and all are 8.9 cm (3½ inches) in height by varying lengths.
To view Stormy Weather at https://misterbarrow.com/exhibition/stormy-weather/
To view Walking On Earth at https://misterbarrow.com/exhibition/walking-on-earth/
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Any Reproduction exhibit showing the scroll series and the Walking On Earth components, exhibition photograph, Floating Gallery, Winnipeg Mb
the lost red paint scroll, navigator fragment
detail from the lost red paint scroll
lost red paint scroll, halcyon fragment
the rosebud scroll, caine fragment
detail from the rosebud scroll
detail from the rosebud scroll 1988
detail from the klein bottle scroll
detail from the klein bottle scroll
the klein bottle scroll, detail of fermat fragment
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I believe that I would have wanted to view these works first hand rather than in online digital format. A formal physical setting has the advantage of letting me sit or stand back, and consider, and muse for as long as I want; and then I am triggered with more than simple graphic impact. And as i review these digital images I get a taste of that viewing time…? This scroll series is so different from your body of work through the decades Robert. I am intrigued and frankly surprised that you were compelled to produce this work. I frequently was required to produce more graphic work in my own visual arts career… and I relate to these in that I find these images enjoyable, attention demanding, and I especially like the Klein bottle details. Not to cheapen the images in any way whatsoever… I would think these images would serve as great banners around some favourite coffee house. Art like this is fabulous to stimulate conversations both shared and in your own mind.