The lint found in your pocket, in most circumstances, is not given a second thought. Though, for Khan and Gruspe, the lint projects reflections in a known and unknown reality.
It’s a slow buildup of material collisions,
a reality defined by past experiences,
evidence of a lived life,
a hitchhiker,
an emotion,
a receipt that’s gone through the laundry,
a fuzziness and inexactness,
individual fibers holding on to each other,
the last and most truthful thing left in your pocket.
This body of work navigates their personal experiences though interactions with terrestrial geographies, histories and timelines in a fuzzy non-linear manner.
Arranged Matter (Dark One)
dirt, yarn, sand, asphalt, permanent marker, fabric from unwanted pants, paint on canvas
8” x 10”
Arranged Matter (Light One)
Plaster, house paint, raw fleece, rubber band, joint compound, sand, wool yarn, silk, chewing gum, cement, wood, chalk, napkin, birch bark, masking tape, oil paint, permanent marker on canvas
8”x10”
postcard from here
oil, yarn, felt, jeans, cardboard, screws, basketball, fox skin, sand, soil, cement, spray foam, moss, crushed brick, egg tempera, leather, raw fleece, twig, shell, house paint, fox fur, spackling, pins, dust cloth, gum, staples on canvas
8” x 10”
Matter, Accumulated and Containing Weight
Stretcher bar, string, paint
Mark Obfuscation
yarn, house paint on fabric with sewing
11” x 14”
Particles Connected, Potential To Vibrate
house paint, yarn, spackling, chewing gum, acrylic, rubber bands on wood stretcher
11" x 14”
Dirt Arranged, Suggesting Distance
four types of dirt found outside my parent's house, acrylic on canvas
11" x 14"
Organized Matter Shadowed by Cloud
Dirt, house paint, sand, plaster, wool, yarn, brick, graphite, oil pastel, sand, cement, charcoal, gravel, string, clay, gum on canvas.
16”x20”
The Small Bang
acrylic, house paint, spackling on netting fabric and wood stretcher
16" x 20"
Assorted Matter, Twice
wood glue, spackling, acrylic, house paint, brick powder from a stolen brick originally being used as a doorstop at Waiola Shave Ice, grapefruit peel, wormhole, sand, gravel, baseball cards, sewing, brass nail, yarn, chewing gum, dirt, pins on canvas
32" x 32" and 6" x 6"
Thoughts Spreading Out From Their Origin
acrylic, house paint, spackling on netting fabric and wood stretcher
18" x 24"
The Americanicity of the American Bald Eagle
Acrylic and stick on printed fabric
11" x 14"
Wonder What The Sun Is Thinking
acrylic, house paint, thread, pencil on canvas
11"x 14"
Two Points Connected by Opposite Goals
acrylic, house paint, string, baseball cards on canvas
11" x 14"
9 Colors Slightly Misinterpreted and Rearranged
acrylic, house paint, spackling, watercolor cakes, yarn on netting fabric and wood stretcher
11" x 14"
The Location and Substance of the Very, Absolute, Tippety Top of the Mountain
acrylic, house paint, spackling, dirt, yarn, tape, cardboard, staples, orange peel, netting fabric, pins, playdoh, wood glue, sticks, screws, gum, sponge, permanent marker, puzzle, balloon on canvas.
38" x 40"