Frankenthaler actually employed acrylic to stain the canvas. The uneven tones of color are subtle, offering the eye a surprising topography. Myers Family Collection in honor of Mrs.
Galen Roush Enjoy the MuseumatHome. Its presentation in Akron is made possible through the generous support of the John S. Joseph S. Each material I collect has its own story.
It has its own language. Every story has a beginning. I think about the first person who thought or dreamed of it and all the people who transformed that dream into a material. I also think about the various people who used and reused the material before it landed in my hands. I never worry about how old or new the material is.
My art is not about recycling or repurposing material but about expressing my ideas. For instance, when I first saw a motherboard, it reminded me of a city, of landscapes, as well as of the people in the factory who assembled it. I have done a lot of work using clothes buttons. When you wake up in the morning, you open your button or button-up, and you do that with care. It is an expression of love. It puts you in contact with your body⦠[Buttons] tell the stories of the persons who used them; the human traces they hold are expressions of love.
It took me a great deal of time to collect the keyboards. Keyboards have evolved very quickly β the ones today use a completely different technology from a couple of decades ago, but their colors are monochromatic, which gives an impression of silence.
