Monday, October 15, 2007

The Laundry Detergent Paintings of Craig Paul Nowak

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Craig Paul Nowak's artwork uses everyday laundry detergent.

Under white light Craig's work is invisible; under blacklight you can see it.

The work will stay on the wall until it's painted over or washed off, but most of the time, nobody knows it's even there.

The top image, "Apt. 20", was done in Detroit. It's the first of several paintings Craig did using Tide laundry detergent on apartment walls of events that occurred during his stay at those apartments. It's meant to imply that what happens in a place stays in that place and becomes a part of its history forever.

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