Recent Work

A random selection of recent sculptures. Enjoy.

New Drawings!

"Drawn By The Hand Of"

Each of these drawings was made without brush or pen. Using rubber gloves I made from the casts of other people's hands, I dip the fingers of my gloved hand in ink and apply it directly to the paper to create the images. For certain images, I use my own ungloved hand. Each glove, with its unique shape and fingerprints, is conceptually related to the image it has created: e.g., Michael Jackson drawn by the hand of a young boy, Philip Garrido drawn by the hand of a young girl, etc.  It is also a way to to physically embody someone familiar to me and experience the touch of their hand from the inside.

Drawing glove cast from the hand of a young boy, my son Max.

 

Putting the glove on.

 

 

Drawing.

 

 

Pile of used drawing gloves.

The result of drawing without a glove.

Recent Lecture at UC Berkeley

Now you can watch a videocast of my recent lecture at UC Berkeley's Art Technology, and Culture Colloquium, March 3, 2009. "Flickr, Flarfing and Babelfish: The internet and Art Practice"

Recent Lecture at the National Portrait Gallery

You can click here to listen to a podcast of my recent lecture at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC on Saturday, July, 25, 2009: "Look! He's Hot: Marcel Duchamp"

Part of the exhibition and publication from MIT Press:

Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture: National Portrait Gallery, Washington D. C. March 27 to August 2, 2009

New Website Section!

Welcome to the Ray Beldner News and Events section. Stay tuned for more information about upcoming shows and lectures.