Allison Freeman paints office supplies on canvas and slate. The artist’s bio talks about the theme of “blankness” in her work, but what I’m attracted to is the simple humor. I also appreciate that this is a mainstream subject that pretty much anyone can identify.
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6 responses so far ↓
1 Regina Alexandra // Jan 31, 2012 at 6:08 pm
I absolutely love this work! Thank you so much for finding it and bringing it to us.
2 DENISE. // Jan 31, 2012 at 7:27 pm
LOVE these! I think going into an office supply store is so fun — I dream up ways to use all the fun different note pads. Her interpretation is great. Thanks for showing!
3 jennifer victoor // Feb 1, 2012 at 9:35 am
Genius!! This is so inspiring and fun. Thanks for the introduction to the artist!
4 Kate // Feb 2, 2012 at 2:41 pm
so glad you guys enjoyed this post! i had it saved from a long time ago but never ended up publishing it. now that tax season is upon us i thought it would timely. : )
5 Tyler // Jul 9, 2013 at 10:18 am
This work is fantastic! It reminds me of Jenna Powell’s sculptural and painted works http://www.jennafayepowell.com/headoffice/
6 Daily - Allison Freeman // Jul 13, 2015 at 9:22 am
[…] “Allison Freeman has begun collecting office supplies – interoffice envelopes, vouchers, receipts, blank inventories – and painting them. Not painting on them, but portraying them on canvas or slate. Their representation is coincident with the edges of the surface on which she works, so that for a brief moment, the paintings can be mistaken for the models, until you see the texture of the oil paint and the marks of the brush, and realize that what you thought was writing is in fact an alternative alphabet, a series of pictograph-like marks, which combine the trace of a recognizable letter with the mark that intends to efface it. It is an alphabet, the writing of which is its own crossing-out.” […]
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