My works are disembodied architectural artifacts. Removed from an unknown larger whole, they stand as a testament to the existence of that building or a past state now altered. They allude to waste materials typically discarded or destroyed in the process of renovation or buried beneath new structures. Such transformations create a palimpsest through old footprints of walls, doors, windows, and vestigial utility remnants. This architectural geo-stratification guides the viewer through a forensic history of a space, as well as the oscillations and vicissitudes of matter in the grip of time. In studio practice these pieces developed as explorations of surface; how the graffito mark and paint could be added and removed through processes, both harsh and delicate, to develop a chronicle of time. Over the last four years, this experimentation has lead to the inclusion of plaster, concrete and other architectural materials and methods.
James Doiron received his BFA in 2002 from the University of Louisville in Louisville, Ky. In 1997 James mounted his first solo exhibition in Louisville and has subsequently gone on to show regularly in cities from Detroit, Michigan to Dublin, Ireland. In 2000 he was awarded an internship at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy and invited to return the following year to work at the internationally renowned Venice Biennale Exhibition in the American Pavilion. His career outside his own art has included positions at several galleries and museums installing and curating exhibitions, as well as working with such artists as Petah Coyne and Patrick Dougherty. In 2004 he studied at the Chautauqua School of Art and returned to work there in 2006 as assistant to the administrator. His work is included in the University of Louisville’s collection as well as many private collections.
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