KXCI 91.3FM Community Radio – Summer Sensation 2015
Auction Ends: Jun 17, 2015 10:00 PM EDT

Art

"KXCI" painting by Rand Carlson

Item Number
192
Estimated Value
120 USD
Sold
43 USD to babyboomer
Number of Bids
4  -  Bid History

Item Description

(1) KXCI painting by Rand Carlson
it is 4"X4"(small) and was done for an Armory Park Tour poster many years ago.
Acrylic on canvas panel.
unframed

Random Arts
by Rand Carlson

Rand Carlson's picture

Rand Carlson was born and raised in the San Francisco bay area. He came to Tucson in 1971. He is a 1979 graduate of the University of Arizona (B.A. Philosophy).

“I have been a painter, illustrator, and cartoonist for over 30 years. I have been making marks on surfaces. When I began making the tin collages, I set out to do so differently.

Rather than making marks, I would create the design or image by editing only. That is, I would find, collect and harvest brightly colored tin from thrift stores, and sort it, cut it, into separate, disconnected parts. Then by editing, choose the shape and context of those pieces, and visually stitch together an image or design. Let the mind of the viewer reassign as it were, from a fragment of a dog’s coat into the side of a mountain.

I also use language extensively in my work. I collect letters and emblems from wrecked cars; break them apart and spell the narrative for many pieces. I call these pieces ‘word toys’, because they look a bit like shiny metal toys with words attached.

I cannot control what I find and collect, so there is a bit of serendipity in the process, and every work is unique.”

He is also the author of Random Shots, a comic strip that appears in the Tucson Weekly. His work can be seen in Bohemia, Pop Cycle, Tucson Botanical Gardens, TMA Museum Store, Tohono Chul Park, and in several galleries across the country.

A Dogged Effort
Big Frame Touchstone
But Wait—There's More!
Change Is Constant
Finger Rock Saguaro
Grand Canyon From Space
Pipe Dream
Sabino Canyon
Stripescape (3)
This Land Is Your Land
Topsy Turvy
Random Shot

Item Special Note

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