Richard III, The second time around.
Two years ago a friend invited me to submit work to be
included in a Shakespeare exhibition.
Artists were to create work that referenced or celebrated the work of
William Shakespeare . I submitted a
painting connected to ‘Hamlet’ and an installation referring to ‘Richared III.’ It was dry humor-ish piece that featured
King Richard and the heads of his six dead rivals at his side. The show
originally managed to travel to three locations in Chicago and Wisconsin. After the third show I had assumed that we
had completed the run. In my typical
fashion I decided to dismantle and rework the pieces.
A few months ago
the Shakespeare artists were again invited to participate in yet another show, this time in Indiana. I would include my Hamlet piece and, with my
Richard III piece now out of commission, I decided to submit an entirely different
piece based on ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ A few days ago I got a call from the curator
of the show who said she was pleased to see that I had submitted a new piece ….and
that she was looking forward to seeing Richard’s return . I said, “Yes, me too.”
I had only one choice: Rebuild .
I literally started from scratch.
The concept was the same but I made some changes in how I portrayed the
rivals. By the time I finished the only
original parts were the mops and Richard’s
portrait.
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