Christian Nicolay
Christian Nicolay
Oct 12, 2006 – Nov 04, 2006
Project Flyleaf, Generation Atari
96 in x 48 in
mixed media on paper on panel
Project Flyleaf christian nicolay
fly'leaf" n. 1, a blank leaf at the beginning or end of a book. 2, flyleaves often carry pen trails and inscriptions concerning provenance. 3, used for structural reinforcement to protect the text in the event of worming or damage to the binding.
Flyleaves denote preservation
Project flyleaf represents entropy.
Drawn on flyleaf: entropy artifacts
Each flyleaf is left to the unpredictable course and nature of the books next owner. Things that were written may become crossed out, or added onto. A dialogue of spontaneous and uncertain mark making begins.
Flyleaves ephemeral yet silent qualities draws on my obsession with opposites that simultaneously co-exist in perfect harmony.
Decades of
pen trails
doodles
scribbles and scrawls
Sometimes flyleaves are blank
not one mark, dog ear or inscription
lost as naked anomalies
enclosed, suffocated and bound by text
Their purpose remains
an empty dust cover
for preservation and
a (certain)silent death
38 reasons for drawing with a stick: Flyleaf
19 in x 4 in
mixed media on paper on panel
AmpliFly
10.5 in x 4.5 in
mixed media on paper on panel
$900 CDN
Anne floated above the mathematical equations she planted in her garden
7 in x 9 in
mixed media on paper on panel
$1140 CDN
Bird Flu's Bush, H5-N1
10 in x 7 in
mixed media on paper on panel
bird haircut
7 in x 4 in
mixed media on paper on panel
$625 CDN
bull star
10.5 in x 7 in
mixed media on paper on panel
$900 CDN
Bush
7 in x 4 in
mixed media on paper on panel
$525 CDN
Carbon Copy
12 in x 12 in
mixed media on paper on panel
Conversations on Granville St. (detail)
in x in
Conversations on Granville Street
31 in x 72 in
mixed media on panel
daisy
7 in x 4 in
mixed media on paper on panel
Danny Lion
10.25 in x 4.5 in
mixed media on paper on panel
Dear Bird,
9.5 in x 4.5 in
mixed media on paper on panel
Dog Eared
11 in x 8.5 in
mixed media
EAT GAS
9 in x 4.5 in
mixed media
Fired
10.5 in x 4 in
mixed media on paper on panel
$900 CDN
fishsticks arcade
10.75 in x 4 in
mixed media on paper on panel
$900 CDN
Generation ATARI flyleaf
18.5 in x 4.5 in
mixed media on paper on panel
$1250 CDN
Human Flying Machines
38 in x 12 in
wood, wax and crayon
Imperial March & April
37 in x 23 in
mixed media on paper on panel
Industrial Revolution
18 in x 4.5 in
mixed media on paper on panel
$1050 CDN
le nuit
29 in x 4.5 in
mixed media
$1450 CDN
le tigre
12.75 in x 4.75 in
mixed media on paper on panel
$525 CDN
Life's Jacket
10.5 in x 13.5 in
mixed media on paper on panel
marks and magnets
14 in x 9 in
mixed media on paper on panel
Niagra's maple tree
13.75 in x 4.5 in
mixed media on paper on panel
paper trails: flyleaf
17 in x 5 in
mixed media on paper on panel
$1150 CDN
Rain(bowed) boots with trees
10.5 in x 10.5 in
mixed media on paper on panel
Re-education: in progess
33 in x 15 in
mixed media
$2100 CDN
Ring around the Rosie, We all fall down
50 in x 37 in
mixed media on paper on panel
Ring around the Rosie, We all fall down (detail)
in x in
Rockwell's Nine
7 in x 4 in
mixed media on paper on panel
$550 CDN
Self Portrait as Hunter S.Thompson's addiction
12.25 in x 5 in
mixed media on paper on panel
String Theory
7 in x 9.5 in
mixed media on paper on panel
tattoo
7 in x 4 in
mixed media on paper on panel
the dogs Red shadow
7 in x 4 in
mixed media on paper on panel
$525 CDN
the ghost cat
23 in x 14 in
mixed media on paper on panel
the ghost cat (detail)
23 in x 14 in
mixed media on paper on panel
the Pope died today
17.5 in x 4.5 in
mixed media on paper on panel
the speed of light
7 in x 4.5 in
mixed media on paper on panel
the works of man
8 in x 4.5 in
mixed media on paper on panel
throw your old ideas off a cliff (detail)
60 in x 40 in
mixed media on paper on panel
throw your old ideas off a cliff (detail)
in x in
throw your old ideas off a cliff (detail)
in x in
Tower of Babel
14 in x 8 in
mixed media
your Religion
26 in x 19.5 in
mixed media on paper on panel
$2450 CDN
Yukon
7 in x 4 in
mixed media on paper on panel
$525 CDN