Becky Slemmons

The clerk's wife claims her name, and her own night sky. 2021-2023. Acrylic paint on glass dome, celadon quail eggs, cheesecloth. 34 x 12 x 13 inches.

Installed in the golden playroom

floor plan / layout within blankspace exhibition space

wall-vinyl: instructions for untitled interactive piece

Tracing shadows: viewers participating in untitled interactive piece

Completed untitled interactive piece at the end of the exhibition. 2023. Washable crayon on painted wall. Dimensins variable, occupying one full and two half-walls of the room.

Light source for the shadows cast on the wall. Antique electric brass lamp, LED tea lights.

floor plan / layout within blankspace exhibition space

Walls forever hold their rooms’ memories—the experiences of all of the previous inhabitants.

 Drawings (nine total in the room) from the series Призраки (ghosts). 2018. Ink & graphite on gessoed paper, handmade cast glass frames (100 percent glass; no black paint is used—only black and clear glass). 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 1/2 inches.

Planks (nine total in the room). 2023. Dark gray tinted lime plaster on oak, acrylic paint. 48 x 3 1/2 x 3/8 inches.

Walls forever hold their rooms’ memories—the experiences of all of the previous inhabitants.

 Drawings (nine total in the room) from the series Призраки (ghosts). 2018. Ink & graphite on gessoed paper, handmade cast glass frames (100 percent glass; no black paint is used—only black and clear glass). 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 1/2 inches.

Planks (nine total in the room). 2023. Dark gray tinted lime plaster on oak, acrylic paint. 48 x 3 1/2 x 3/8 inches and 8 x 3 1/2 x 3/8 inches.

Walls forever hold their rooms’ memories—the experiences of all of the previous inhabitants.

 Drawings (nine total in the room) from the series Призраки (ghosts). 2018. Ink & graphite on gessoed paper, handmade cast glass frames (100 percent glass; no black paint is used—only black and clear glass). 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 1/2 inches.

Planks (nine total in the room). 2023. Dark gray tinted lime plaster on oak, acrylic paint. one 48 x 3 1/2 x 3/8 inches and two 8 x 3 1/2 x 3/8 inches.

Walls forever hold their rooms’ memories—the experiences of all of the previous inhabitants.

 Drawings (nine total in the room) from the series Призраки (ghosts). 2018. Ink & graphite on gessoed paper, handmade cast glass frames (100 percent glass; no black paint is used—only black and clear glass). 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 1/2 inches.

Planks (nine total in the room). 2023. Dark gray tinted lime plaster on oak, acrylic paint. 8 x 3 1/2 x 3/8 inches.

Walls forever hold their rooms’ memories—the experiences of all of the previous inhabitants.

 Drawing (nine total in the room) from the series Призраки (ghosts). 2018. Ink & graphite on gessoed paper, handmade cast glass frames (100 percent glass; no black paint is used—only black and clear glass). 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 1/2 inches.

Walls forever hold their rooms’ memories—the experiences of all of the previous inhabitants.

 Drawing (nine total in the room) from the series Призраки (ghosts). 2018. Ink & graphite on gessoed paper, handmade cast glass frames (100 percent glass; no black paint is used—only black and clear glass). 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 1/2 inches.

View from former dining room into the living room at the start of the opening.
”blankspace” exhibition space

floor plan / layout within blankspace exhibition space

Eggshells (and lime plaster both consist of calcium carbonate). 2023. Celadon quail eggs, hatched; Shelves: wood, paint. Shelf: 32 inches length.

Eggshells (and lime plaster both consist of calcium carbonate). 2023. Celadon quail eggs, hatched; Shelves: wood, paint. Shelving: 34 inches length on left, 27 inches length on right.

detail of Eggshells (and lime plaster both consist of calcium carbonate). 2023. Celadon quail eggs, hatched; Shelves: wood, paint. Shelving: 34 inches pictured shelf, length in full.

detail of Eggshells (and lime plaster both consist of calcium carbonate). 2023. Celadon quail eggs, hatched; Shelves: wood, paint. Shelf: 32 pictured shelf, length in full.

View into former kitchen at blankspace exhibition space.

Response to “Do they even make a 40-person euchre rotation chart?”. Lime plaster on canvas. Canvas: 12 x 32 inches, plaster: 4 x 24 inches.

Response to “I imagine he took the train.” 2023. Lime plaster on canvas. Canvas: 13 x 30 inches, plaster: 7 x 24 inches.

detail of Response to “Do they even make a 40-person euchre rotation chart?” 2023. Lime plaster on canvas. Canvas: 12 x 32 inches, plaster: 4 x 24 inches.

detail of Response to “I imagine he took the train.” Lime plaster on canvas. Canvas: 13 x 30 inches, plaster: 7 x 24 inches.

View from the former kitchen into the former dining room.
”blankspace” exhibition space

floor plan / layout within blankspace exhibition space

View of former living room.
”blankspace” exhibition space

Untitled. 2023. Antique card table and chairs.

detail of Untitled. 2023. Authentic antique note sheet and postcard from Martinique Hotel, distressed playing cards on antique card table, hatched celadon quail egg on windowsill.

detail of Untitled. 2023. Distressed playing cards on antique card table.

detail of Untitled. 2023. Celadon quail egg on windowsill.

As commissioned, style and all, by the clerk’s wife and T.A. Marter, respectively:

Do they even make a 40-person euchre rotation chart? (as she prefers to be seen). 2023. Ink on lime plaster on panel. 6 x 36 inches.

I imagine he took the train (as he prefers to be seen). 2023. Acrylic on lime plaster on panel. 11 x 36 inches.

As commissioned, style and all, by the clerk’s wife:

detail of Do they even make a 40-person euchre rotation chart? (as she prefers to be seen). 2023. Ink on lime plaster on panel. 6 x 36 inches.

As commissioned, style and all, by T.A. Marter:

I imagine he took the train (as he prefers to be seen). 2023. Acrylic on lime plaster on panel. 11 x 36 inches.

Wall-less night sky for the nameless clerk’s wife. 2023. Acrylic and Flashe on lime plaster on panel. Triptych: 12 x 9 inches, 12 x 12 inches, 12 x 12 inches.

detail of Wall-less night sky for the nameless clerk’s wife. 2023. Acrylic and Flashe on lime plaster on panel. Triptych: 12 x 9 inches, 12 x 12 inches, 12 x 12 inches.

detail of Wall-less night sky for the nameless clerk’s wife. 2023. Acrylic and Flashe on lime plaster on panel. Triptych: 12 x 9 inches, 12 x 12 inches, 12 x 12 inches.

floor plan / layout within blankspace exhibition space

View of the golden playroom.
”blankspace” exhibition space

detail of Horsehair plucked. 2023. Knotted horsehair, copper tacks. 41 x 3/4 inches or variable.

detail of Horsehair plucked. 2023. Knotted horsehair, copper tacks. 41 x 3/4 inches or variable.

Untitled. 2023. Dismembered piano keys. 17 inches length.

The clerk's wife claims her name, and her own night sky. 2021-2023. Acrylic paint on glass dome, celadon quail eggs, cheesecloth. 34 x 12 x 13 inches.

detail of The clerk's wife claims her name, and her own night sky. 2021-2023. Acrylic paint on glass dome, celadon quail eggs, cheesecloth. 34 x 12 x 13 inches.

detail of The clerk's wife claims her name, and her own night sky. 2021-2023. Acrylic paint on glass dome, celadon quail eggs, cheesecloth. 34 x 12 x 13 inches.

detail of The clerk's wife claims her name, and her own night sky. 2021-2023. Acrylic paint on glass dome, celadon quail eggs, cheesecloth. 34 x 12 x 13 inches.