Reconfigured Objects > Artifacts

In this series, I attempt to interrupt the objects’ original meanings. I physically alter broken and abandoned materials to create new forms that are alienated from their original purpose. Instead of concentrating on their symbolic or functional histories, I focus on how my perception of the objects physically changes over a period of time. By emphasizing evolving visual and perceptual qualities, I attempt to mask and then recode the objects’ meanings. Their new function is to be observed.

The work consists of three inter-related parts: objects, drawings, and paintings. Each part is a way of representing my visual understanding of these un-namable forms.

The third component is the painted sculptures. I painted my observations of the reconfigured objects directly onto themselves. The paint adds a second skin which covers and masks the original objects. While it remains a three-dimensional form, it is now observed through the illusion of the surface painting.

Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
5.5" x 4.5" x 4.5"
2013
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
5.5" x 4.5" x 4.5"
2013
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
9" x 3" x 1.5"
2013
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
9" x 3" x 1.5"
2013
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
5" x 4" x 2"
2013
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
5" x 4" x 2"
2013
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
3” x 5” x 3”
2012
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
3” x 5” x 3”
2012
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
3” x 5” x 3”
2012
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
5.5” x 3.5” x 3.5”
2012
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
5.5” x 3.5” x 3.5”
2012
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
4.5” x 3.5” x 1.5”
2012
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
4.5” x 3.5” x 1.5”
2012
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
3” x 3” x 3”
2011
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
3” x 3” x 3”
2011
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
2.75” x 6” x 3.75”
2011
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
2.75” x 6” x 3.75”
2011
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
5” x 2” x 1.5”
2012
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
5” x 2” x 1.5”
2012
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
2.75” x 2” x 1”
2011
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
2.75” x 2” x 1”
2011
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
5.5” x 5” x 2”
2012
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
5.5” x 5” x 2”
2012
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
4.5” x 4.75” x 4.75”
2012
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
4.5” x 4.75” x 4.75”
2012
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
10.5” x 2.5” x 2.5”
2011
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
10.5” x 2.5” x 2.5”
2011
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
10.5” x 2.5” x 2.5”
2011
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
1.5” x 2.5” x 1.5”
2011
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
1.5” x 2.5” x 1.5”
2011
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
2.5” x 1.5” x 2”
2011
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Objects
2.5” x 1.5” x 2”
2011
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Objects
4” x 5” x 2”
2011
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Objects
4” x 5” x 2”
2011
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
2” x 3” x 1.5”
2012
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
2” x 3” x 1.5”
2012
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
4” x 7” x 3.5”
2012
Kristen Letts Kovak
Acrylic on Found Materials
4” x 7” x 3.5”
2012