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SoiL Thornton

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November 20, 2020 - January 9, 2021

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SoiL Thornton
Chamber Orchestra, 2018-2020
Archival Pigment Print
30 × 37 inches (76.20 × 93.98 cm)
38 × 45 ¼ inches (96.52 × 114.94 cm) (framed)

SoiL Thornton
Every Good Body Does Fine (Membrane between granular pearl dive access), 2020
26 gauge stainless-steel on Circa 1940s salon style BATHROOM stall door HEART PINE wood
52 × 21 ½ × 2 inches (132.08 × 54.61 × 5.08 cm)

SoiL Thornton
Every Good Body Does Fine (Membrane between granular pearl dive access), 2020
26 gauge stainless-steel on Circa 1940s salon style BATHROOM stall door HEART PINE wood
52 × 21 ½ × 2 inches (132.08 × 54.61 × 5.08 cm)
Detail

SoiL Thornton
Every Good Body Does Fine (Membrane between granular pearl dive access), 2020
26 gauge stainless-steel on Circa 1940s salon style BATHROOM stall door HEART PINE wood
52 × 21 ½ × 2 inches (132.08 × 54.61 × 5.08 cm)
Detail

SoiL Thornton
Dematerialize now but as self portrait to whom (1990-2020 Labor Cont(r)act), 2020
Used paint sticks on wood and formica with silk screen ink
23 × 363 × 1 inches (58.42 × 922.02 × 2.54 cm)

SoiL Thornton
Dematerialize now but as self portrait to whom (1990-2020 Labor Cont(r)act), 2020
Used paint sticks on wood and formica with silk screen ink
23 × 363 × 1 inches (58.42 × 922.02 × 2.54 cm)
Detail

SoiL Thornton
Dematerialize now but as self portrait to whom (1990-2020 Labor Cont(r)act), 2020
Used paint sticks on wood and formica with silk screen ink
23 × 363 × 1 inches (58.42 × 922.02 × 2.54 cm)
Detail

SoiL Thornton
Dematerialize now but as self portrait to whom (1990-2020 Labor Cont(r)act), 2020
Used paint sticks on wood and formica with silk screen ink
23 × 363 × 1 inches (58.42 × 922.02 × 2.54 cm)
Detail

SoiL Thornton
Dematerialize now but as self portrait to whom (1990-2020 Labor Cont(r)act), 2020
Used paint sticks on wood and formica with silk screen ink
23 × 363 × 1 inches (58.42 × 922.02 × 2.54 cm)
Detail

SoiL Thornton
False Spine (pillar), 2020
Bull pizzle (penis), plumbing pipe collars and hardware constructed to height of roof
Dimensions variable (in this instance: 214 inches (543.56 cm))

SoiL Thornton
False Spine (pillar), 2020
Bull pizzle (penis), plumbing pipe collars and hardware constructed to height of roof
Dimensions variable (in this instance: 214 inches (543.56 cm))
Detail

SoiL Thornton
False Spine (pillar), 2020
Bull pizzle (penis), plumbing pipe collars and hardware constructed to height of roof
Dimensions variable (in this instance: 214 inches (543.56 cm))
Detail

SoiL Thornton
False Spine (pillar), 2020
Bull pizzle (penis), plumbing pipe collars and hardware constructed to height of roof
Dimensions variable (in this instance: 214 inches (543.56 cm))
Detail

SoiL Thornton
False Spine (pillar), 2020
Bull pizzle (penis), plumbing pipe collars and hardware constructed to height of roof
Dimensions variable (in this instance: 214 inches (543.56 cm))
Detail

SoiL Thornton
What Is Sexuality, Is The Scale Infinite Similar To A Line (new modes of press and chromakey) (TT-ES-00022), 2020
Acrylic paint, pressed smashed elongated pennies on cotton and foam with wood frame
108 × 90 × 12 inches (274.32 × 228.60 × 30.48 cm)

SoiL Thornton
What Is Sexuality, Is The Scale Infinite Similar To A Line (new modes of press and chromakey) (TT-ES-00022), 2020
Acrylic paint, pressed smashed elongated pennies on cotton and foam with wood frame
108 × 90 × 12 inches (274.32 × 228.60 × 30.48 cm)

SoiL Thornton
What Is Sexuality, Is The Scale Infinite Similar To A Line (new modes of press and chromakey) (TT-ES-00022), 2020
Acrylic paint, pressed smashed elongated pennies on cotton and foam with wood frame
108 × 90 × 12 inches (274.32 × 228.60 × 30.48 cm)
Detail

SoiL Thornton
What Is Sexuality, Is The Scale Infinite Similar To A Line (new modes of press and chromakey) (TT-ES-00022), 2020
Acrylic paint, pressed smashed elongated pennies on cotton and foam with wood frame
108 × 90 × 12 inches (274.32 × 228.60 × 30.48 cm)
Detail

SoiL Thornton
What Is Sexuality, Is The Scale Infinite Similar To A Line (new modes of press and chromakey) (TT-ES-00022), 2020
Acrylic paint, pressed smashed elongated pennies on cotton and foam with wood frame
108 × 90 × 12 inches (274.32 × 228.60 × 30.48 cm)
Detail

SoiL Thornton
What Is Sexuality, Is The Scale Infinite Similar To A Line (new modes of press and chromakey) (TT-ES-00022), 2020
Acrylic paint, pressed smashed elongated pennies on cotton and foam with wood frame
108 × 90 × 12 inches (274.32 × 228.60 × 30.48 cm)
Detail

SoiL Thornton
Flagged Identity, 2020
C-prints of my active and inactive bank card chips and found photo inside mirror finished aluminum and polished and brushed aluminum frame
49 × 47 ¼ × 2 ¼ inches (124.46 × 120.02 × 5.72 cm)

SoiL Thornton
Flagged Identity, 2020
C-prints of my active and inactive bank card chips and found photo inside mirror finished aluminum and polished and brushed aluminum frame
49 × 47 ¼ × 2 ¼ inches (124.46 × 120.02 × 5.72 cm)

SoiL Thornton
Flagged Identity, 2020
C-prints of my active and inactive bank card chips and found photo inside mirror finished aluminum and polished and brushed aluminum frame
49 × 47 ¼ × 2 ¼ inches (124.46 × 120.02 × 5.72 cm)

SoiL Thornton
Flagged Identity, 2020
C-prints of my active and inactive bank card chips and found photo inside mirror finished aluminum and polished and brushed aluminum frame
49 × 47 ¼ × 2 ¼ inches (124.46 × 120.02 × 5.72 cm)
Detail

SoiL Thornton
Flagged Identity, 2020
C-prints of my active and inactive bank card chips and found photo inside mirror finished aluminum and polished and brushed aluminum frame
49 × 47 ¼ × 2 ¼ inches (124.46 × 120.02 × 5.72 cm)
Detail

SoiL Thornton
Flagged Identity, 2020
C-prints of my active and inactive bank card chips and found photo inside mirror finished aluminum and polished and brushed aluminum frame
49 × 47 ¼ × 2 ¼ inches (124.46 × 120.02 × 5.72 cm)
Detail

SoiL Thornton
Assisted Cleansing/tactile gap glue (289 of 1,000,000), 2020 – ongoing
Vehicularly flattened aluminum cans inside storage vessels
Dimensions variable

SoiL Thornton
Assisted Cleansing/tactile gap glue (289 of 1,000,000), 2020 – ongoing
Vehicularly flattened aluminum cans inside storage vessels
Dimensions variable
Detail

SoiL Thornton
Assisted Cleansing/tactile gap glue (289 of 1,000,000), 2020 – ongoing
Vehicularly flattened aluminum cans inside storage vessels
Dimensions variable
Detail

SoiL Thornton
Assisted Cleansing/tactile gap glue (289 of 1,000,000), 2020 – ongoing
Vehicularly flattened aluminum cans inside storage vessels
Dimensions variable

SoiL Thornton
Who’s dirt above the rest (Honeoye (HUN-e-oy) as one amongst other New York soils) (pre name change), 2020
Acrylic paint and 561 Flat-Head Red Star-Drive Deck Screws on wood panel
64 × 79 × 2 inches (162.56 × 200.66 × 5.08 cm)

SoiL Thornton
Who’s dirt above the rest (Honeoye (HUN-e-oy) as one amongst other New York soils) (pre name change), 2020
Acrylic paint and 561 Flat-Head Red Star-Drive Deck Screws on wood panel
64 × 79 × 2 inches (162.56 × 200.66 × 5.08 cm)
Detail

SoiL Thornton
What Punk, 2018-2020
52 pages, digital offset print, 100# gloss cover paper stock, plexi cover bound with Chicago screws, and die cut sticker
Presented atop loaned table from Karma books for the duration of show
25 ¾ × 21 ¼ × ¾ inches (65.41 × 53.98 × 1.91 cm) (closed)

SoiL Thornton
What Punk, 2018-2020
52 pages, digital offset print, 100# gloss cover paper stock, plexi cover bound with Chicago screws, and die cut sticker
Presented atop loaned table from Karma books for the duration of show
25 ¾ × 21 ¼ × ¾ inches (65.41 × 53.98 × 1.91 cm) (closed)

SoiL Thornton
What Punk, 2018-2020
52 pages, digital offset print, 100# gloss cover paper stock, plexi cover bound with Chicago screws, and die cut sticker
Presented atop loaned table from Karma books for the duration of show
25 ¾ × 21 ¼ × ¾ inches (65.41 × 53.98 × 1.91 cm) (closed)

SoiL Thornton
What Punk, 2018-2020
52 pages, digital offset print, 100# gloss cover paper stock, plexi cover bound with Chicago screws, and die cut sticker
Presented atop loaned table from Karma books for the duration of show
25 ¾ × 21 ¼ × ¾ inches (65.41 × 53.98 × 1.91 cm) (closed)

SoiL Thornton
What Punk, 2018-2020
52 pages, digital offset print, 100# gloss cover paper stock, plexi cover bound with Chicago screws, and die cut sticker
Presented atop loaned table from Karma books for the duration of show
25 ¾ × 21 ¼ × ¾ inches (65.41 × 53.98 × 1.91 cm) (closed)

SoiL Thornton
What Punk, 2018-2020
52 pages, digital offset print, 100# gloss cover paper stock, plexi cover bound with Chicago screws, and die cut sticker
Presented atop loaned table from Karma books for the duration of show
25 ¾ × 21 ¼ × ¾ inches (65.41 × 53.98 × 1.91 cm) (closed)