Appropriating the material legacy of his father's roof - tarring profession, Gates produced thirteen large and unremarkable canvasses of various roofing substrates smeared with
thick black tar.
Not exact matches
3) For the first few days baby has meconium - a
thick,
tar - like
black substance for bowel movements.
Made from a combination of unglazed white porcelain and
thick black grog — a coarse, dark material like oil or
tar used in modern construction which looks like it comes from deep in the ground — these objects, some referencing pots and some tools or spears are, for me, the most seductive part of the exhibition.
Richard Serra etchings, whose
thick black texture resembled a layer of
tar on the paper, were also available at Gemini; while Crown Point had an untitled Laura Owens print of a rooster precariously balancing on a tree branch.