Evidence: Read the Story

The origins of the artwork in this project combines years of collecting materials for the bar code project and the initiative instigated by my involvement in the RIMS California Arts Project Institute which demands of its arts educators that we "do art."

Original Bar Code A daily ritual of re-filling the paper towel dispenser became a thirty-year actuation of intent: a permanent and tangible statement about the life and personal definition of being a teacher... "what I do." view in gallery	Barcode 2 Basically, the first attempt at doing anything with the bar codes. I began to realize the potential for lots of bar code stuff. I had thousands, maybe more. view in gallery	Collage practice view in gallery	Bar Code Fingerprint-in-show Eight panels that had been used in my ceramics classroom as clay working surfaces. view in gallery
Original Fingerprint view in gallery	Crown Print I know it's my fingerprint, but it could be anyone's. Everybody has one and everyone's is different. Our fingerprints become evidence of who we are, where we've been and what we've done. We are defined by what we do, not by who we think we are. view in gallery	Micro #2 A different enlargement of a small section of the fingerprint. view in gallery	Macro Micro The large print of this almost pixel-size blow-up shows a sharp definition between the "halo-like" edge around the main shapes. Its clarity is one of the fascinating characteristics of this print. view in gallery
Fingerprint Bar Code A thin slice of my fingerprint, stretched horizontally. The result: my own personal bar code. view in gallery	The Visual Message An exploration of how other images might remind us of "fingerprints" or bar codes. I've acknowledged the use of the "retinal scan" image by an exaggerated enlargement of the "eye" portion of my "Pointillist Self-portrait." view in gallery	Stuff Happens We are defined by what we do. Even the once-in-a-lifetime experience allows us to see ourselves as someone who we never knew we were. view in gallery	Contribute Evidence You are invited to become part of the story. view in gallery

 

About the Artist

My personally "expressive" artwork has been mostly drawing, painting, collages, and assemblages. True art has been my inspiration and doing art has been my salvation and my reward. Art is the satisfaction of my need to share. Life without sharing is meaningless, leaving no footprint in memory. Doing my art has become an actuation of intent to share images and objects of contemplation open for interpretation and appreciation.

–John D. Fisher
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