Tangrams
Tangram (Chase), 2005, gouache on paper, 30 x 22 inches
Tangram (Holiday Inn), 2005, gouache on paper, 30 x 22 inches
Tangram (Texaco), 2005, gouache on paper, 30 x 22 inches
Tangram (Daewoo), 2003, gouache on paper, 30 x 22 inches
Tangram (HSBC), 2003, gouache on paper, 30 x 22 inches
Tangram (NBC), 2003, gouache on paper, 30 x 22 inches
Installed as part of Megacorp, PS 122, 2005.
The Tangram Series is named after a Chinese spatial puzzle where seven pieces cut from a square are rearranged into various forms. In these gouache paintings, I subject logos to this same treatment, rearranging their disparate parts into different formations, exploring the possibilities that lie within each trademark.