Today’s Work on Monday delves into Joe Fig’s unique, miniature recreations of artists’ studios. The artist has made miniature studios of many East End artists, both alive and dead, and his mind-blowing sculpture of Ross Bleckner’s workspace in Sagaponack is one of the best among them.
In Ross Bleckner 2007, Fig captures the artist at work in his studio, and, like all of his studio sculptures, no detail is ignored. The piece is made much like a dollhouse with both interior and exterior perfectly reproduced at a significantly smaller scale. Fig has done such an exacting job that photographs of the work can easily be mistaken for pictures of Bleckner’s actual studio.
The artist’s tools are laid out on long folding tables around the room, paintings lean against the walls and the couch is draped with fabric. Even the walls and floor bear scuffs and marks that hint at Bleckner’s work habits.
