debbie hu ricks
Past Exhibit
de•gen•er•a•tion
by Debbie Hu Ricks
Back wall:
Westbound Santa Monica, 2020 (48 x 48 in.) • Acrylic paint, paper and printed paper on wood panel
Side wall:
Silverlake, 2021 (7 3/4 x 31 1/2 in.) • Acrylic paint on maple skate deck
Degeneration and creation are inextricably linked. An object starts to deteriorate almost as soon as it begins to form. The interactions between multiple objects further affect this process, running in parallel, sometimes intersecting, and at times colliding with those of other objects that are forming and deteriorating (…)
In Series I: Clouds, I work from memory allowing the image to develop and fade as it exists in my memory.
In Series II: Melt, this process was interrupted by isolation and quarantine, limiting these memories to feelings of helplessness and being overwhelmed.
Debbie Hu Ricks, 2022.