KEITH ALLYN SPENCER

Category: work

Dr. Robinson’s Xmas Gift

  Dr. Robinson’s Xmas Gift, oil, wood, discarded car parts, readymade art portions, filth, debris, staples, and a “Arizona” brand western shirt, 17″ x 5″, 2011

African Mosque

  African Mosque, oil, canvas, wood, discarded art, filth, grime, tons of anxiety and disappointment, and staples, 2011, 11 1/3″ x 5 77/89″

Old Man Sweater

  Old Man Sweater, oil, wood, staples, and my favorite sweater ever, 9 3/4″ x 6 15/16″, 2011 Installed and left at Center for Obstetrics & Gynecology located at 297 Promenade Street, Providence, Rhode Island.  

Stone Yielding

  Stone Yielding, oil, canvas, wood, staples, grime, debris, 2011, 5″ x 19″

U r a Fool Sure Means Being Yo Self

  U r a Fool Sure Means Being Yo Self, oil, canvas, discarded art pieces, found board, cut headboard, staples, filth, Vogue Magazine cutout, grime, 2011

A Mother Can’t No What It s 2 b A Man

A Mother Can’t No What It s 2 b A Man, oil, canvas, wood, discarded art, grime, filth, Vogue cutout, pine twig, sonogram printout, 2011, 11″ x 7 2/3″

Barbaric s Torture

Barbaric s Torture, oil, canvas, wood, staples, filth, discarded art, Vogue Magazine scraps, Pine twig, 2011, 6″ x 5 12/45″,   installed at Oliver Francis Gallery, Dallas, TX (photos courtesy of Oliver Francis Gallery…thanks Oliver Francis!). December 2011: NOW! THAT’S WHAT I CALL ART: VOL 1       installed at Sol Koffler Gallery, RISD,... Continue reading Barbaric s Torture

Blue Tooth

Blue Tooth, oil, canvas, wood, staples, debris, dust, 2011, 4 12/66″ x 12 45/76″  

Terror Dome

Terror Dome, oil, gray submarine oil based primer, board, discarded art, YMCA swimming lessons flier, staples, wood panel, 47″ x 30″, 2011   installation shot

Trust Washing Ton

  Trust Washington, oil, wood, canvas, staples, grime, paint residue, 11″ x 8 22/44″, 2011 Placed and left at Washington Trust Bank located at 56 Westminster Street Providence, Rhode Island

Wild Thaaang

Wild Thaaang, oil, gesso, bed bugs, triangles, plywood, canvas, staples, 2011, 20″ x 8 3/4″     Installation shot: We Care A Lot at the Sol Koffler Gallery (after the show came down)   (detail)     Installation shot: We Care A Lot at the Sol Koffler Gallery, view from inside RISD Dean of Graduate... Continue reading Wild Thaaang

Born 2 Dye

  , Born 2 Dye, oil, grime, wood, canvas, staples, 2011, 20″ x 17″ Installed at YMCA Pawtucket, Rhode Island in the kids playroom

Donna Bruton

  Donna Bruton, oil, canvas, wood, staples, grime, paint residue, 2011, 7″ x 6″

Shadowing Revolutions

Shadowing Revolutions, oil, grime, canvas, floor debris, paint residue, wood, staples, 2011, 19″ x 11 56/94″. Installed in abandoned Clarke Flowers, 398 Hope Street, Providence, RI (8/23/2012).       studio installation shot w/ my assistant

F me iF u

F me iF u, oil, canvas, wood, paint residue, grime, 22″ x 21″   Wild Thang, oil, gesso, bed bugs, triangles, plywood, canvas, staples, 20″ x 8 3/4″

Ex Ex Ex

Ex Ex Ex, oil, white latex primer, canvas, wood, grime, staples, KISS poster, 2011, 24″ x 23 45/134″   this is one of my very favorites even though I initially hated it….it’s an acquired taste   Installation shot: We Care A Lot at Sol Koffler Gallery   Painting in lower left by Francisco Moreno.  

M m E e O o W w

M m E e O o W w, oil, canvas, paint residue, grime, wood, staples, catnip, 2011, 8 12/14″ x 6 1/16″

Use what s change n a Culture 2 dominate it Kwikly

Use what s d0minant n a Culture 2 change it Kwikly, oil, canvas, discarded art, grime, mice feces, sawdust, staples, wood, El Paso City Comptroller’s certificate, 2011, 16 22/44″ x 11 120/240″

Hung Upd

Hung Upd, oil, grime, canvas, wood, staples, 14″ x 8″. Installed at Providence, RI laundromat.

Ey3 Forg0T 2

  Ey3 Forg0T 2, 2011, oil, canvas, wood, Vogue Magazine collage, discarded art, rubbings, staples, filth, post-abortion pamphlet, 12″ x 5 13/14″. Placed and left in a communal bulletin board located in Lippitt Memorial Park, Providence, Rhode Island.

A Solid Sense of Self Builds a HomeBase

A Solid Sense of Self Builds a HomeBase, oil, canvas, wood, grime, paint residue, 13 1/21″ x 8 33/34″, 2011 3/4 view A Solid Sense of Self Builds a HomeBase3/

Remote Control

oil, canvas, plywood, staples, grime, filth, paint residue, protest fliers, 16″ x 11 1/2″

Stop n Shop n Drop

Stop n Shop n Drop, canvas, oil, staples, particle board, filth, 14″ x 15″. Painting installed/left on (upper right) top shelf section of the seasonal aisle in a Providence, RI Stop N Shop store.

(K)Not!

  (K)Not!, oil, canvas, staples, and floor board, 7″ x 6 13/13″, 2011

Rewarded Deeds R E Ventually Good

  Rewarded Deeds R E Ventually Good, oil, canvas, discarded art, wood fragments, triangle, filth, 2011, 13 94/222″ x 6 33/34″ Placed and left at Kennedy Plaza Bus Depot, Providence, Rhode Island

Out E

Out E, oil, canvas, wood, staples, discarded art, debris, oval, 2011, 13″ x 5 55/91″

Kimo’s Got Dis

Kimo’s Got Dis, oil, canvas, wood, staples, discarded art piece, floor filth, 2011, 8 1/1″ x 4 99/100″

Ethan’s Present

Ethan’s Present, oil, floor board, canvas drop-cloth, staples, grime, 8″ x 32/4″, 2011

N D Beginning There Was D WORD

  N D Beginning There Was D WORD, oil, canvas, gesso, wood, filth from studio floor, 7 1/16″ x 16″, 2011   backside revealed (this was the very first of this series)