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Charred wood: very important material for me, there is a redemptive quality to the charring process.
From TODD MURPHY’s notes annotated by his studio assistant 2017
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Gold - residue of colliding stars, massive solar explosions, energy is produced but one of the by products is gold *All of these kinds of cosmic energies.
Todd Murphy’s Notes
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Salt as a healing properties, preservative, salted meat, salt mines, salacious - salt, Material that takes on many roles, required, found all over the world.
Todd Murphy
notes annotated studio assistant 2017










I was studying batteries and charring wood. Redemptive, rebirth kind of place. When I started to do the research on batteries, I bought a salt water battery powered robot and it came with a sheet of aluminum, a piece of cotton and charcoal - carbon.
Element, Carbon, material charcoal - charred wood or an artist 's charcoal stick, the electricity, beyond fascinating. - Todd Murphy, 2017
From Studio Assistant transcription; Todd words on use of materials, 2017

the sculptures and drawings have a directness. you get a sense of a person involved in the making of this thing. there isn't a pretension. it doesn't have to have flash or flare. Pryzbilla, 2007 (Untitled, 2006)

the sculptures and drawings have a directness. you get a sense of a person involved in the making of this thing. there isn't a pretension. it doesn't have to have flash or flare. Pryzbilla, 2007 (Untitled, 2006)

the sculptures and drawings have a directness. you get a sense of a person involved in the making of this thing. there isn't a pretension. it doesn't have to have flash or flare. Pryzbilla, 2007 (Untitled, 2006) Mixed Media

the sculptures and drawings have a directness. you get a sense of a person involved in the making of this thing. there isn't a pretension. it doesn't have to have flash or flare. Pryzbilla, 2007 (Untitled studio), 2006

the sculptures and drawings have a directness. you get a sense of a person involved in the making of this thing. there isn't a pretension. it doesn't have to have flash or flare. Pryzbilla, 2007 (Untitled studio), 2006

the sculptures and drawings have a directness. you get a sense of a person involved in the making of this thing. there isn't a pretension. it doesn't have to have flash or flare. Pryzbilla, 2007 (Untitled), 2006, Mixed media

MOCA Jacksonville 2007

MOCA Jacksonville, 2007


