Penwald Drawings are a series of bilateral drawings in which Tony Orrico explores the use of his body as a tool of measurement to inscribe geometries through movement and course.
His choreographic gestures derive from the limitation of (or spontaneous navigation within) the sphere of his outstretched arms.
Line density becomes record of Orrico’s mental and physical sustain as he commits his focus to a greater concept of balance throughout extended durations of drawings.
The master of each drawing is a conceptual score of Orrico's efficacious techniques, imposed variables, and specified durations or objectives.
Tony Orrico, unison symmetry standing | Photo by Michael Hart | Edition of 8 | 40" x 26”
CARBON further extends the synthesis of resources normally used in Orrico’s performances: body, graphite, plane, time and space.
From eight specific actions that begin on a paper and culminate in the transformation of the body into graphite, the viewer can witness an evolution of his performative art practice.
The repetitive actions which at first glance may seem absurd become powerful reflections on life cycles, energetic flows and complementary opposites. The repetitions that lead to exhaustion become deep metaphors about life and death simultaneously.
The material trace of ‘where the body once was’ within the new work becomes paramount. It asserts an aesthetic autonomy for the art object in relation to the performative act while maintaining the striking visual correlation between body and material that Orrico is known for.
Tony Orrico, project, recoil | Photo by Bart Dykstra
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