John Preus: On Drawing- Heilbronn Kunstverein

plan view of beast installation. bottom of the page is the sidewalk where the garage doors are. Back of beast is open to sidewalk, but not visible as beast except from inside the gallery.

original concept sketch. watercolor on inkjet print. 8.5″ x 11″ 2013

12 ballads for huguenot house concept sketch from Preus’ sketchbook. 2012

12 ballads for huguenot house concept sketch from Preus’ sketchbook. 2012

huguenot house plans-formulated with Theaster Gates. notes and writing by John Preus. archival inkjet print. 2012 (price upon request)

Pelt 2-naugahyde, wood table top, string. 2012

Pelt 1, collaboration with Kevin Reiswig, skinned rogers park ottoman, leather, string, cedar, 52″ x 68″

office chair remix, chair guts, wood, worry-20 hours, light fixture, electricity, spray foam, 46 x 64, 2013

upload error, archival inkjet print, 40 x 60, 2013

The Sickness Unto Death

page under construction, mixed media on panel, 2004

ideological creep, archival inkjet print, 60 x 60, 2003

indigenous to someone, found materials, lathe, string, Nigerian sculptures, doll furniture, paint, 40 x 62, 2005

coupling, study for stained glass window-2003

it could have been worse, design for stained glass window, 2004

I love it when you’re a mouse, ball point pen on scrap mail, 3 x 5, 1998

unoccupied cherub, pen and ink on paper, 4 x 6, 1998

mother and child, ball-point pen on scrap mail, 2 x 5, 1998.

hang in there, siegfried, gesso on black walnut panel, 12 x 14, 2004

necessity’s mother, archival inkjet print, 30 x 50, 2006

sharpies on melamine panel, 12 x 14, 2005

catering school, mixed media on melamine panel, 2005, 16″ x 18″

mask for an anticipated rite of passage, Johnny jump up 30 x 44, 2005

another crack at clarification, sharpies on paper, 4 x 16, 2005

turtles all the way down, mixed media on mdf, 20 x 26, 2005

form follows function off a short pier, kids shirt on wood panel, with paint, 22″ x 28″, 2005, private collection

accident factory. mixed media and carving on melamine panel, 14 x 20, 2005

anxiety blossoms, mixed media and carving on melamine panel, 16″ x 18″, 2005, private collection

win some/lose some, 1999, pen and ink drawings, clothespins, string, 60″ x 100″

man in green pool, charcoal and pastel on paper, 12 x 16, 1999

on notwithstanding, mixed media on plywood, 16″ x 24″, 2005, private collection

incidental wall shelf, found wood and drawer, 68 x 82, 2011

plywood scrap-good one, stacked plywood