aislinn thomas – artist

Golden fabric wings drape from Circus Artist Joi Carvery's extended arms as Joi smiles widely

QUIET PARADE

Artist José Chuy Hernandez sits in front of a microphone facing a painting by Rina Banerjee called "Captured as hostage" in the San José Musem of Art

As I am and as I become

A hand points to a gallery wall, around the corner is a projection of handwritten text that reads "the possibility of care as a sculpture"

Ongoing, collective effort

Against a crisp white background, a simple green graphic of a clover-like plant in bloom with text “Call the Garden” and in matching green.

Living Description

A square painting on stretched canvas viewed from behind.

A piece of cloth held taut

This text drawing by Shannon Finnegan reads, “A generous ethic of invention.” The letters are a muted blue-green colour on a white background and take up most of the page. There is a small mountain-like shape of white space above “invention” and below “ethic of.” This, and the slightly right-leaning letter “N’s” give it a sense of movement and aliveness.

A distinct aggregation / A dynamic equivalent / A generous ethic of invention: Six writers respond to six sculptures

An image that is all light, shadow and abstract shapes. Though not immediately recognizable it’s a close-up shot of a vertical blue foam roller. Bright white shapes and pockets of shadow obscure and discolour the irregular surface of the foam as light seems to glint off of the shiny, transparent plastic film in front of it. To the right is a sliver of a blurry view of the distance.

A convex, minutely puckered surface could be called a vertical sea […]

A graphic illustration of a portrait of a black person with pink hair and matching shirt. Their lips are red and what looks like a palm leaf covers part of their face. Two larger palm leaves are on either side of them, and round flowers on vine-like stalks are also in the background.

PHOTOPHAGIA: The Secret Life of Plants will be described by gardeners and shown without the picture

Three windows

Three windows described by three voices […]

TOTALITY (21.08.2017)

MOUNTAINS USED TO BE UGLY

Dup-boug-a-dad

PRE-APOCALYPTIC PILATES

Four bright orange and blurry earplugs are suspended in mid-air on the right of the frame in front of a backdrop of a mountain glowing during warm magic hour light.

Earplug toss

stuffing

[catch, boil, transport, sort, soak, drill, discard, bury, find]

A stack of pancakes to hold up the ceiling

Rock disguises (for rocks and other bodies)

Rock disguises (altered postcards)

Lie down on the ground, look up at the sky and think of Helen Johnson

meditation drawings

Fortune

why whycocomagh?

Posters for past, present and future geological, cosmological and celestial events

Whycocomagh Skillshare

Burger Toss

You, Too, Can Make Arrangements

On being

Impromptu tripods

correspondence

Eater compatibility portraits

Notes

Nice (a lecture)

Rod, Bernie, Peggy, Aislinn

Best Biscuit

Letter Subcontracting Service

carrot top: a redhead focus group

Already Art

Modernist Face Painting