Sam Gordon has long mined his life experience for his work. The earliest works on paper, which feel half in the world and half in the head, remind me of tattoos. His photographs–which he calls thoughtographs–and his dedcades of sketchbooks push in and pull out of everything he does. Even in The Lost Kinetic World, his consuming, five-year-and-ongoin, hand-held cam documentation of magical moments in performance and events from wherever in the world he b, it is Sam Gordon who is there waving to you after all is said and done. As the artist puts it: "This group of new paintings follows my interest in exploring new processes and ways to make paintings. Instead of taking the canvas for granted, I wanted to construct the canvas-old clothes of mine,canvas remnants, and paint rags are sewn together to form the actual ground on which to work. Using bleach as paint, the mark making is one of erasure and suggests a photographic quality. What is painted and what is removed becomeas as confused as what is printed or sewn. The paintings often include thumbnail versions of themselves as well as pages from my sketchbooks as inkjet transfers- these serve as footnotes. How the paintings are made is left to the viewer to decipher."

Blue Space, 2010; bleach, acrylic paint, spray paint, ink-jet iron-on transfer, PVA sizing on sewn jeans and canvas remnants; 49 x 49”; $ 17,000

Eleven of Spades, 2010; bleach, acrylic paint, spray paint, ink-jet iron-on transfer, PVA sizing on sewn clothes and canvas remnants; 54 x 46”; $ 17,000

Flash (Let the flash flash when the flash wants to flash), 2010; bleach, acrylic paint, spray paint, ink-jet iron-on transfer, PVA sizing on sewn clothes and canvas remnants, artist pins; PDF / zine included; 53 x 56”; $ 18,500

Impossible Object, 2010; acrylic paint, spray paint, ink-jet iron-on transfer on sewn clothes and fabric remnants; 58 x 58”; $ 20,000

Index Archive, 2010; bleach, acrylic paint, spray paint, ink-jet iron-on transfer, PVA sizing,sewn clothesand canvas remnants; with PDF / zine; 69 x 47”; $ 20,000

Mirage, 2010; bleach, acrylic paint, spray paint, oxidized gold leaf, ink-jet iron-on transfer, PVA sizing on sewn clothes and canvas remnants; 52 x 52”; $ 18,000

Play / Pause, 2010; bleach, acrylic paint, spray paint, ink-jet iron-on transfer, PVA sizing on sewn jeans and fabric remnants; 36 x 48”; $ 12,000

Pop Ups, 2010; bleach, acrylic paint, spray paint, ink-jet iron-on transfer, PVA sizing on sewn clothes and canvas remnants; 42 x 52”; $ 15,000

Street Vendor, 2010; bleach, acrylic paint, spray paint, ink-jet iron-on transfer, PVA sizing on sewn clothes and canvas remnants; 52 x 56”; $ 18,500

Air Mail, 2011; bleach, acrylic paint, spray paint, ink jet iron-on transfers, PVA sizing on sewn clothes and canvas remnants; PDF / zine included; 36 x 48”; $ 12,000

Cookies, 2011; acrylic paint, spray paint, ink jet iron-on transfers, gold leaf, PVA sizing, sweepings on sewn clothes and canvas remnants; PDF / zine included; 50 x 38”; $ 13,500

Dream Screen, 2011; bleach, acrylic paint, spray paint, ink jet iron-on transfers, PVA sizing, sweepings on sewn clothes and canvas remnants; 48 x 52”; $ 17,000

Play, Power, Pyramid, Reverse, 2012; ink, acrylic paint, spray paint, bleach, iron-on inkjet transfers, silver leaf, floor sweepings on sewn clothes, fabric remnants; 54 x 47.25”; PDF / zine included; in ‘play’ orientation; $ 15,000

Play, Power, Pyramid, Reverse, 2012; in ‘power’ orientation

Play, Power, Pyramid, Reverse, 2012; in ‘pyramid orientationoverall; $35,000

Play, Power, Pyramid, Reverse, 2012; in ‘peverse' orientation

Rags & Weavings, 2012; ink, acrylic paint, spray paint, bleach, iron-on inkjet transfers, on sewn paint rags, bandanas, canvas remnants; PDF / zine included; 62 x 52”; $ 20,000.

Screen, 2012; nine paintings from 2005-7 reconfigured into a folding screen; 72.5” high, width and depth variable; $ 30,000.

1000 Sketchbook pages, 1995-2012, 16 minutes DVD. (Edition of 3) monitor with internal dvd player, dvd.

Blue Thumbnail, 2012; gesso, acrylic paint, oil paint, spray paint, iron-on inkjet transfers on canvas; 48 x 36”; $ 12,000