Four Groups — Dale Henry

FOUR GROUPS

Prosody Drawings, 1973-76
Continuous Lineage Drawings, 1973-76
Prosody Landscape Drawings, 1973-76
Leonardo Perspective Drawings, 1976

For Prosody Drawings, the thick emulsion records only the scansion marks ( ̆) and (/) of the poems referred to in the title. In prosody/landscape Henry records the visual scene outside his window in terms of scansion marks, translating a visual image into the elements of poetic analysis. The viscosity of the emulsion meant that scissors were needed to cut it, and so like contour drawing, all the movements of artist’s the hand are recorded on the Plexiglas. By putting the media behind the support surface, Henry again works to break down the divide between background and foreground, media and support.

Rembrandt’s A hayrick near a Farmhouse with a Dove-Cote; Continuous Lineage Drawings series; 1973; Acrylic resin/Emulsion on Perspex; 11¼ x 14¼”

Goya’s The Stabbing; Continuous Lineage series; 1973-1976; Acrylic and resin/emulsion on perspex; 11 ¼ x 9 ¼” - detail

Zero to Twelve Slanted Heroic Couplets V & VI; Prosody Drawings series; 1973-1976; Acrylic and resin emulsion on plexiglass; 11 ¼ x 9 ¼”

Watermill in Pyrrhics/Caesuras; Prosody Landscape Drawings series; 1973-1976; Acrylic resin/Emulsion on Perspex; 11¼ x 14¼”

Picture Frame Wire (Set I); Leonardo Perspective series; 1976; frame, glass, and resin; 7 x 9”

Quote, Deep Structure (Set IV) and Window (Set IV) from Leonardo Perspective series; both 1976; metal frame, glass, resin, 24x30” and wood frame, glass, resin, 24x30”, respectively

Installation at Pioneer Works, 2014