Thought works

"Thought works are this and that and this and that too, but definitely not that and this."

Like in the horse paintings/drawings and textile paintings, the content is a reflective/provocative/questioning statement. Short pieces written or painted in a quick manner. – MH and AC.

These were started in 1995 and 1996 and 1997, around that time, when Sands felt he was gaining a voice as an artist and could make such declarative statements. But there are also funny ones like ‘I Think I Control The Weather’. Humorous. Humor is extremely important, even in retrospect, as depressive thoughts are often funny after the fact (to Sands and his husband Robin). The thought drawings are made on business stationery of Sands’ and made mostly with scented colored markers that Sands used to use as a child to draw. They fade in sunlight. The works are often/mostly A4 and are in cheap frames from the Dutch shop HEMA. There are about 50 in frames, but there are more loose pages floating around... – SMW.

Listings connecting to the typology “Thought works” (294)

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  • 02137-c2014-TwCd-InterlockingForms
  • Title
  • Interlocking Forms
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  • Variable
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  • Digital word document file
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  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Some of the computer drawings have been printed and other have not. All could be printed at any scale in any material upon request.

  • Reflection Notes

“An elegant and typically strange solution for making work, which I was very proud of. I just type in a word document and print on cheap A4 printer paper. ‘Pure text, message as image’.” – SMW.

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  • 02138-c2014-TwCd-ILikeYou
  • Title
  • I Like You
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
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  • Digital word document file
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Some of the computer drawings have been printed and other have not. All could be printed at any scale in any material upon request.

  • Reflection Notes

“An elegant and typically strange solution for making work, which I was very proud of. I just type in a word document and print on cheap A4 printer paper. ‘Pure text, message as image’.” – SMW.

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  • 02139-c2014-TwCd-Cleaning
  • Title
  • Cleaning
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  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Digital word document file
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Some of the computer drawings have been printed and other have not. All could be printed at any scale in any material upon request.

  • Reflection Notes

“An elegant and typically strange solution for making work, which I was very proud of. I just type in a word document and print on cheap A4 printer paper. ‘Pure text, message as image’.” – SMW.

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  • 02140-c2014-TwCd-PrivilegedPatty
  • Title
  • Privileged Patty
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  • Variable
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  • Digital word document file
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Some of the computer drawings have been printed and other have not. All could be printed at any scale in any material upon request.

  • Reflection Notes

“An elegant and typically strange solution for making work, which I was very proud of. I just type in a word document and print on cheap A4 printer paper. ‘Pure text, message as image’.” – SMW.

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  • 02141-c2014-TwCd-EmotionalNetworking
  • Title
  • Emotional Networking
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Digital word document file
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Some of the computer drawings have been printed and other have not. All could be printed at any scale in any material upon request.

  • Reflection Notes

“An elegant and typically strange solution for making work, which I was very proud of. I just type in a word document and print on cheap A4 printer paper. ‘Pure text, message as image’.” – SMW.

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  • 02142-c2014-TwCd-IfISeem
  • Title
  • If I Seem
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Digital word document file
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Some of the computer drawings have been printed and other have not. All could be printed at any scale in any material upon request.

  • Reflection Notes

“An elegant and typically strange solution for making work, which I was very proud of. I just type in a word document and print on cheap A4 printer paper. ‘Pure text, message as image’.” – SMW.

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  • 02143-c2014-TwCd-NeverOut
  • Title
  • Never Out
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Digital word document file
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Some of the computer drawings have been printed and other have not. All could be printed at any scale in any material upon request.

  • Reflection Notes

“An elegant and typically strange solution for making work, which I was very proud of. I just type in a word document and print on cheap A4 printer paper. ‘Pure text, message as image’.” – SMW.

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  • 02144-c2014-TwCd-Clouds,Sky
  • Title
  • Clouds, Sky
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Digital word document file
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Some of the computer drawings have been printed and other have not. All could be printed at any scale in any material upon request.

  • Reflection Notes

“An elegant and typically strange solution for making work, which I was very proud of. I just type in a word document and print on cheap A4 printer paper. ‘Pure text, message as image’.” – SMW.

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  • 02145-c2014-TwCd-IUseMyself
  • Title
  • I Use Myself
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
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  • Digital word document file
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Some of the computer drawings have been printed and other have not. All could be printed at any scale in any material upon request.

  • Reflection Notes

“An elegant and typically strange solution for making work, which I was very proud of. I just type in a word document and print on cheap A4 printer paper. ‘Pure text, message as image’.” – SMW.

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  • 02146-c2014-TwCd-IfItWasNormal
  • Title
  • If It Was Normal
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
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  • Digital word document file
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Some of the computer drawings have been printed and other have not. All could be printed at any scale in any material upon request.

  • Reflection Notes

“An elegant and typically strange solution for making work, which I was very proud of. I just type in a word document and print on cheap A4 printer paper. ‘Pure text, message as image’.” – SMW.

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  • 02147-c2014-TwCd-AnotherManifesto
  • Title
  • Another Manifesto
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Digital word document file
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Some of the computer drawings have been printed and other have not. All could be printed at any scale in any material upon request.

  • Reflection Notes

“An elegant and typically strange solution for making work, which I was very proud of. I just type in a word document and print on cheap A4 printer paper. ‘Pure text, message as image’.” – SMW.

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  • 02148-c2014-TwCd-MyHistory
  • Title
  • My History
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Digital word document file
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Some of the computer drawings have been printed and other have not. All could be printed at any scale in any material upon request.

  • Reflection Notes

“An elegant and typically strange solution for making work, which I was very proud of. I just type in a word document and print on cheap A4 printer paper. ‘Pure text, message as image’.” – SMW.

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  • 02149-c2014-TwCd-AWeirdPerson
  • Title
  • A Weird Person
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Digital word document file
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Some of the computer drawings have been printed and other have not. All could be printed at any scale in any material upon request.

  • Reflection Notes

“An elegant and typically strange solution for making work, which I was very proud of. I just type in a word document and print on cheap A4 printer paper. ‘Pure text, message as image’.” – SMW.

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  • 02150-c2014-TwCd-WhenYouSleep
  • Title
  • When You Sleep
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Digital word document file
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Some of the computer drawings have been printed and other have not. All could be printed at any scale in any material upon request.

  • Reflection Notes

“An elegant and typically strange solution for making work, which I was very proud of. I just type in a word document and print on cheap A4 printer paper. ‘Pure text, message as image’.” – SMW.

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  • 02151-c2014-TwCd-RejectionIsOnly
  • Title
  • Rejection is only
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Digital word document file
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Technical Notes

Some of the computer drawings have been printed and other have not. All could be printed at any scale in any material upon request.

  • Reflection Notes

“An elegant and typically strange solution for making work, which I was very proud of. I just type in a word document and print on cheap A4 printer paper. ‘Pure text, message as image’.” – SMW.

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