Abandonment #2

(From The Abandonment Series)
1991
Cast concrete in antique frame
20 x 13 x 1 Inches
Former collection of Ted and Jean Brudniak
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Having been working quite a bit with concrete for the past few years, I decided to test my skills in that manner exclusively. The surfaces are rendered in cast concrete. Cracks are added before curing in most cases. After curing, the surface is treated with acid and stained using concentrated instant tea, mustard and acid among other colorants. The cold, hard, barren and uncared for surface represents for me the bottom end of security and comfort. Be it garbage or humanity; a common place to find the unwanted is, of course, the street. My own experience with this concept began with separation from my mother at birth. Modern psychology dictates that such experience carries over into future relations, but lets not go there.