Titus O.

I should mention, in the off chance some random soul has stumbled here to this site, that my very good pal and mad genius painter Pete Fagundo, (affectionately known by many as “Dooood”) is having a show this weekend. I’m giving a talk, I’m told. I’m so going to just wing it…

here’s the info.

Artist/Gallerist/SAIC painting faculty Dan Devening wrote this insightful press release:

For the past 10 years, Peter Fagundo has rigorously integrated his home life and studio practice to create a single, self-supporting entity. The most recent result of that ongoing project is Essential Transmutation Frequency, a one-day, site-specific installation of new work in a special setting.

On Sunday, July 19th from 12 – 5 pm, Peter opens his home studio to present paintings, works on paper and photographs in the context within which they were conceived and produced. He is working from a platform that–for the first time–acknowledges the tradition and history of painting; this new work arrives directly and unfiltered. By defining a “frequency” that allows the material and form to arrive without ambiguity or deflection, these pieces are rarified through careful tuning of the simplest elements. The work in Essential Transmutation Frequency confronts his medium and his life head-on.

Titus painting? Yes, strange but true. I can’t make anymore sculpture right now as I’m sick of finding storage for them.

Was actually building a maquette for a new sculpture when I got fed up with the fussiness and started making some quick collages. I liked them surprisingly well, and saw them as bigger paintings. Made the first one as a test, think it interesting enough, and will hopefully complete the next bigger one (5 x 6 feet +) before the new semester starts at SAIC/Columbia.

Its untitled for now; acrylic, charcoal, and graphite on linen. Here are some crappy, flash-hot snaps of it, followed by one of the next collage slated for translation to paint: