MARKHAM—Current Work

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MICHAEL MARKHAM — a summary of recent work.			(Click all images for larger versions)
MILEPOST is a continuing series of postcards largely made en route along the highways of Ontario. Roads are the largest human artifact on the planet, and are imposed upon the natural world with great effect, fragmenting the habitat and allowing exploitation and destruction on a grand scale. These images explore the areas where industry and nature (and culture) come together. Limited edition portfolios are available for exhibition and sale. Images printed at 4 x 6 inches on 8.5 x 11 inch archival paper.





SITE SPECIFIC WORK IN NATURE — I look upon the actions documented in the photos below as visual haiku. The intent is to make gestural and poetic work — small in size — which is ephemeral and which the cycles and seasons will easily erase. A wind ... a rainstorm ... the passing of a season or two, and this work will disappear as nature's processes take over and any evidence of human presence is sloughed off. Only the photos remain, along with maps to show approximate locations of each image and action. These photos were taken in the vicinities of Algonquin Park and the Rideau River in Ontario, Canada. Limited edition portfolios soon available for exhibition and sale. Images printed at 6 x 6 inches on 12 x 12 inch archival paper.

PERFORMANCE and INSTALLATION —
	Left: Navigating Blind, a performance at Dada Post, Berlin, May 2009 Below: Flag installation at Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York, May 2007 The artist is looking for further opportunities to perform / install both pieces.

RELATED STUDIO WORK (influenced by folk art and the road signs of northern Ontario) —

Crossing Whittled & painted wood; asphalt fragment Length of snake: 11 inches	North (Big Bear) Painted plywood construction 48 x 33 inches	Canoe Lake Painted plywood construction 43 x 24 inches	Belly Up Painted plywood construction 23 x 28 inches

SKETCHES FOR POSSIBLE NEW WORK —

Sketch — ball point pen on birch bark Carved wooden snake set into a found tire.	Sketch — pencil on paper A kite in the form of a Snow Owl.	Sketch — pencil on paper In consideration of a papier maché moose head made up of newspaper headlines reporting environmental decline.	Sketch — pencil on paper Salmon wheel: river turns wheel / salmon jumps.

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