Commonwealth and Council

A sentence, or a spell

Harold Mendez

Press Release

Installation view

Photo by Paul Salveson

Installation view

Photo by Paul Salveson

Off Om

2021-23
Cast brass, white oxide wash patina
Approx. 5.25 x 3.75 x 3.5 in (13 x 10 x 9 cm)

Photo by Ian Byers-Gamber

Thiss time (Quipu)

2023
Water soluble graphite, cotton, watercolor, spray enamel, gesso, stipple and wax marking pencil on ball-grained aluminum mounted on Dibond
15.25 x 26 x .75 in (39 x 66 x 2 cm)

Photo by Paul Salveson

Off Om

2021-23
Cast brass, guilt brown patina
Approx. 5.5 x 3.75 x 3.5 in (14 x 10 x 9 cm)

Photo by Paul Salveson

Installation view

Photo by Ian Byers-Gamber

But, perhaps to establish for ourselves, ourselves as well

2022-23
Unique silkscreens transferred from glass negatives, ink, spray enamel, silver leaf, soot monotype on handmade paper pulp, pigment, paper
Approx. 63 x 110 x 6.25 in (160 x 279 x 16 cm)

Photo by Paul Salveson

Detail view

Photo by Paul Salveson

unending recollection of a repetition

2022-23
Reclaimed polishing wheels with traces of gold, platinum and silver, tallow, cloth, ceramic, steel
Approx. 21.5 x 42 x 23 in (955 x 107 x 58 cm)

Photo by Paul Salveson

A sentence, or a spell

2021-23
Cast brass and iron, varying patinas, Claro wood, tallow, oxidized ball-grained aluminum, steel
6 parts: approx. 9.5 x 12.75 x 4.5 in (24 x 32 x 11 cm); approx. 6.5 x 12.25 x 11 in (17 x 31 x 28 cm); approx. 16 x 27.25 x 18.25 in (41 x 69 x 46 cm); approx. 4.5 x 16 x 12.5 in (11 x 41 x 32 cm); approx. 4.5 x 16 x 12.5 in (11 x 41 x 32 cm); base: 1.25 x 84 x 60 in (3 x 213 x 152 cm)

Photo by Paul Salveson

Detail view

Photo by Paul Salveson

Detail view

Photo by Paul Salveson

Detail view

Photo by Paul Salveson

Detail view

Photo by Paul Salveson

Detail view

Photo by Paul Salveson

Whatsayer

2023
Reclaimed wrought iron, oxidized trivets, acid etched sterling silver with stipple and iridescent applied patina, obsidian, dyed feathers, wood, fabric, twine, steel
Approx. 79.5 x 28 x 14 in (202 x 71 x 36 cm)

Photo by Paul Salveson

Detail view, front

Photo by Paul Salveson

Detail view, back

Photo by Paul Salveson

at the side of the varied (Jardín)

2021–22
Mixed media on paper, oxidized brass, patina, fiberglass filaments, color pencil, graphite, charcoal, frame
11 x 8.5 in (28 x 22 cm)
Framed: 12.75 x 10.25 x 1.5 in (32 x 26 x 4 cm)

Photo by Paul Salveson

Communing with the past

2021
Pigment, resist coating, wax, graphite on tracing paper, frame
11 x 13.75 in (28 x 35 cm)
Framed: 12.75 x 15.75 x 1.5 in (32 x 40 x 4 cm)

Photo by Paul Salveson

Xipe Totec

2021-22
Oxidized copper, wax, pigment, core paste backing
Approx. 3.5 x 5.75 x 1 in (9 x 15 x 3 cm)

Photo by Paul Salveson

Tribute

2021-22
Reclaimed polishing wheels with traces of gold, platinum and silver, tallow, cloth, woven and dyed reed, steel, graphite, burnished wood, owl feathers from El Astillero, Zacatecas, Mexico
Approx. 18.75 x 16 x 16 in (48 x 41 x 41 cm)

Photo by Paul Salveson

Exiles (or what kindred and relation)

2022
Scarab, reclaimed walrus skin, steel rod, magnet
Approx. 6.5 x 6.5 x 2 in (17 x 17 x 5 cm); overall: 6.5 x 15 x 2.25 in (17 x 38 x 6 cm)

Photo by Paul Salveson