JOSHUA SHANE FLORES
This body of work consists of monotypes and the stencils that were used to create them. Overwriting represents the fragmentation and overwriting of memory through the print process.
The Catalogue of Syringes represents the human body personified as well as an instrument affecting the body. Each specimen in the series represents a different state of either preservation or decay both physically and psychologically. The syringes are also ornamented in such a way that impedes function and adds opulence.
A collection of various prints that explore ongoing research into various themes of mental growth and coping with difficult periods in life.
The installation portrays a personal library that represents the death of fragile, embodied memories. Painted images of books entombed in semi opaque wax distances the audience. The wax-surfaced table invites audiences to write their own memories on a temporal surface to be erased. I also make physical books encased in wax that rip and tear with handling.
Lost Landscapes fragment, separate, and layer environments mimics how our brains rewrite memories by storing and retrieving data.