Actually, before I get into the images, some 'thank yous' need to be doled out. With profound gratitude, I thank my friends Dawn Wolford-Metallo and Troy Swangstu (you may remember seeing Troy's robusto paintings from a POST back in February) for graciously giving of their free time to help paint the panels with Iron Metallic Surfacer. Even after I had coated/primed each panel with 4 coats of paint, the panels were still quite 'thirsty' for the iron paint. It took 2 hours to paint each panel. It would then take an addition hour (give or take) to come back in the next day and fill in all of the little pits and gaps in the paint coverage in order to ensure each panel was thoroughly covered with paint.
After the whole piece is covered with the Iron Metallic Surfacer they look like this installed side-by-side on the wall.
All five panels together. Now all I have to do is take them down and hit them with a rusting solution.
I take them out into the Figge Plaza (technically the Bechtel Plaza), lay out some plastic, set the panels up on buckets, and spray them with the rusting solution. Realistically, since I was using a little hand sprayer bottle that formerly housed some glass cleaner, I probably should say '...I spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray the rusting solution...'.
After the 1st coat...
Three coats of rusting solution and an hour of drying in the sun and wind, the panels are moved back inside and reinstalled on the wall.
A few detail shots....
Then some shots of the ceramic debris.......
There you have it, Processionalization: Power Lunch With The Tasaday.
Pop Culture Palimpsest is open now through September 2nd at The Figge Art Museum. If you can, you should go check it out!
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