Compositions in the Jar | Richard Killeen

Hang in any order. 

Hang in any group.

This was the instruction from the artist for his first cut-out work exhibited in ” across the pacific 1978”

Collection from a Japanese garden 1937 -  1978

Collection from a Japanese garden 1937 -
1978

Once shapes are liberated from the surface of canvas or a board, they become objects or things. 

A composition can be defined as a grouping of objects that have a distinct relationship with their audience or with their neighboring shapes.

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We all collect "things", whether they be insects, notes, or buttons . We frame them by placing them in jars. Contains. The jar of a beloved insect lying on the corner of the library, creating a composition with its surrendering "thing".

Killeen's objects and forms, the jars of insects and moths, invites the  opportunity to compose our own compositions within our own environment, be it  a floor or wall.