Like a Racehorse in a World Without Racetracks
paper collages
So Messed Up I Want You Here
Often, one writes a love poem in order to hide, code, obfuscate, or provide contour and nuance to the most commonplace, yet profound sentiment in the world. This is precisely the problem of love: that it is boring, but also the greatest feeling one can experience. Therefore one feels a necessity to dress it up in fancy or bizarre clothes in order to express uniqueness or depth. Molly Roth and Sam Scranton's collaborative installation takes declarations of love - some artless, some soaked in sentimentalism - and shrouds them in language itself. Breaking down spoken language into its constituent phones, Scranton causes the statements to drift between sense and abstract vocal articulations, between clear statements of ordinary feeling and spit, air and resonance. Roth disguises the written word inside of itself, adorning it with obsessive decoration or covering it up with common household materials.
satin ribbon, masking tape
From the exhibition Good Night, Children. We're In The Arms Of The Great Lover, a collaborative exhibition with Sam Scranton, at Art Of This in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
satin ribbon, masking tape
From the exhibition Good Night, Children. We're In The Arms Of The Great Lover, a collaborative exhibition with Sam Scranton, at Art Of This in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
You Are My Everything
white-out tape on chipboard
From the exhibition Good Night, Children. We're In The Arms Of The Great Lover at Art Of This in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Only One
white-out tape on chipboard
From the exhibition Good Night, Children. We're In The Arms Of The Great Lover at Art Of This in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Stars In The Sky
white-out tape on chipboard
From the exhibition Good Night, Children. We're In The Arms Of The Great Lover at Art Of This in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
More Than Tongue Can Tell
white-out tape on chipboard
From the exhibition Good Night, Children. We're In The Arms Of The Great Lover at Art Of This in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Lonely Days Are Over
white-out tape on chipboard
From the exhibition Good Night, Children. We're In The Arms Of The Great Lover at Art Of This in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Drawing of Heavy Revolvers (shadows)
satin ribbon 2009 From the exhibition A Story About Some People Changing at galleryHOMELAND in Portland, Oregon.
The Best Times Are Sometimes (futility)
satin ribbon 2008 From the exhibition Paradigm Shift: Honoring Kinji Akagawa.
Yours (truly)
velvet ribbon 2008 From the solo exhibition Information Sickness and Time Fever at Thomas Barry Fine Arts in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
the hardened old men with hearts of stone must die
newspaper, velvet ribbon 2008 From the solo exhibition Information Sickness and Time Fever at Thomas Barry Fine Arts in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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