Polina Isurin

Polina Isurin

  • About
    • Bio
    • Resume
    • Contact
  • Paintings
  • Installations
    • Beyond Translation: Moving Between/Across/Through Languages as Part of a Research Practice
    • remove, replace, add
    • ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
      • Text & Photo Documentation
      • Ethical Manipulations- Video Projection
      • Justice- Video Projection
    • Rootlessness
      • Text & Photo Documentation
      • Rootlessness recording
    • Buried Secret (Obelisk for the Future)
    • Azores, Portugal
  • Writings, Videos, Mixed Media
    • Mixed Media
    • Writings
      • Obelisk for the Future
      • The (Un) Consumable
      • XY
      • Dокuмент [x] along with artwork 'Nonfunctional Green Card for The Gulf War'
    • Videos
  • Community Murals (in collaboration with students)
  • Archive
The (Un) Consumable (1)
Acrylic sheet of paint over painted canvas
41"x23"x7"

Paint is often deemed a consumable expense, meaning it is bought, used, and then replaced. Does painting over a wall or canvas really create a blank slate? These pieces ask to consider the possibility and meaning of an accumulated, unconsumable, painting.