Chris Thorson
Gallery Affiliations: Rena Bransten Gallery
Region: Pacific Coast
Website: http://www.christhorsonstudio.com
City / State: Vallejo, CA
The Tabula Rasa series is made from cast and painted urethane.
The works mimic vintage sticker albums from about 1980, and
characters such as Lady Pac Man, G.I. Joe, and Garfield crowd
each yellowing page. The works are inherently playful and
nostalgic, recalling childhood obsessions and early experiences
of collecting. They also embody status-quo messages on issues
such as gender, American nationalism, race, and food. Thus,
the sticker books simultaneously celebrate an individual’s
relationship to popular culture and reveal themselves to be
agents of cultural conditioning.