Joseph Canizales
Cliff Cave, Missouri Portrait
2020, print on canvas, foam, sand from Cliff Cave County Park, Missouri, 42 x 4 x 26”
This print reveals a positive and negative relationship of a landscape as a portrait. Using 3D scanning technology, the positive space is seen de- saturated, and the negative space is shown in color. It is not a reflection of the landscape but shows the negative space of the landscape as positive space. The sky is used as a positive space/ background and the canvas is rested on a shelf that ground the piece to its original location. The shelf is coated in sand from each location.
Moab, Utah Portrait
2020, print on canvas, foam, sand from Moab, Utah, 42 x 4 x 26”
This print reveals a positive and negative relationship of a landscape as a portrait. Using 3D scanning technology, the positive space is seen de- saturated, and the negative space is shown in color. It is not a reflection of the landscape but shows the negative space of the landscape as positive space. The sky is used as a positive space/ background and the canvas is rested on a shelf that ground the piece to its original location. The shelf is coated in sand from each location.
(Small Impression from Home)
2020, sand, 2 projectors, 2 videos from Key Biscayne, Florida, 54x26x5"
Right Thinking, Right Doing
2019, limestone and 2 projectors, 10 x 8 x 7.5’
Honoring my experience at the Brush Creek and Blue River Confluence this installation shows the history and re-evaluation of this location. I’m on a conscious understanding of the natural movements and erosion at the basis of Right Speaking.
Right Speaking
2019, Moss and mixed media, 4 x 3 x 5'
Continuing on this consciousness, the solid nature of the larger rock is taken and is viewed in a hollow context. There’s a shift in the stream using 3D scanning technology. The terrain and forms reveal a different type of erosion and perception of the confluence area.
Three Parts of Delta
2019, Red Oak, 6.5 x 2 x 1.5'
This tree trunk meeting a structurally sound triangle shows a form contained in its history through the continuation of natural gestures. The sculpture is at a level that's both factual & fictional and connects with delta as a landform and a greek symbol.
Balanced Rock Around & Below
2019, Alder, PLA, 26.5 x 16.5 x14"
This begins from a 3D scan of a monument in Arches National Park, Utah. The addition of a 3Dimensional grid speaks to a system easily recognizable by man. The combination of the grid and the digital footprint of the natural form is a relationship that lies on a demarcation line between being and reality.
Extracted Ground
2018, Cherry, walnut, steel, 9.5 x 11 x23"