The Window
ARTIST: Mitch Capps
Acrylic paint on reclaimed vintage window
2024
24 in. x 48 in.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
The window was Artifact No.2. I chose it because it seemed like it could handle some doodles in a cool, canvas way. I think it did exactly that in the long run. I mean, look at it. It took some doodles, huh?
At first, I approached the Window with my personal experience of the flood in mind. After I’d taken the Window home, it started making sense to me to tell my own story of navigating the disaster as if it were an abstract impressionist comic, using the 5 panes of glass as comic panels. I told my story in 5 chapters across the 5 window panes. From frame 1 through 5, I tell my story chronologically; loss of home and initial trauma, community response to the disaster, finding my place in the community, returning to Asheville 2 weeks after being displaced, and beginning to rebuild with my community and a sense of love.
Layering Posca on the glass has different effects depending on which side the Window is viewed from, allowing for multiple display options. It tells a slightly different story depending on the side viewed from as well. I don’t know man, it’s by far the most intimate experience I’ve ever had with a window.
ARTIST: Mitch Capps
Acrylic paint on reclaimed vintage window
2024
24 in. x 48 in.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
The window was Artifact No.2. I chose it because it seemed like it could handle some doodles in a cool, canvas way. I think it did exactly that in the long run. I mean, look at it. It took some doodles, huh?
At first, I approached the Window with my personal experience of the flood in mind. After I’d taken the Window home, it started making sense to me to tell my own story of navigating the disaster as if it were an abstract impressionist comic, using the 5 panes of glass as comic panels. I told my story in 5 chapters across the 5 window panes. From frame 1 through 5, I tell my story chronologically; loss of home and initial trauma, community response to the disaster, finding my place in the community, returning to Asheville 2 weeks after being displaced, and beginning to rebuild with my community and a sense of love.
Layering Posca on the glass has different effects depending on which side the Window is viewed from, allowing for multiple display options. It tells a slightly different story depending on the side viewed from as well. I don’t know man, it’s by far the most intimate experience I’ve ever had with a window.
ARTIST: Mitch Capps
Acrylic paint on reclaimed vintage window
2024
24 in. x 48 in.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
The window was Artifact No.2. I chose it because it seemed like it could handle some doodles in a cool, canvas way. I think it did exactly that in the long run. I mean, look at it. It took some doodles, huh?
At first, I approached the Window with my personal experience of the flood in mind. After I’d taken the Window home, it started making sense to me to tell my own story of navigating the disaster as if it were an abstract impressionist comic, using the 5 panes of glass as comic panels. I told my story in 5 chapters across the 5 window panes. From frame 1 through 5, I tell my story chronologically; loss of home and initial trauma, community response to the disaster, finding my place in the community, returning to Asheville 2 weeks after being displaced, and beginning to rebuild with my community and a sense of love.
Layering Posca on the glass has different effects depending on which side the Window is viewed from, allowing for multiple display options. It tells a slightly different story depending on the side viewed from as well. I don’t know man, it’s by far the most intimate experience I’ve ever had with a window.