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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  • 00013-2014-TwRp-ProtestPainting
  • Title
  • Protest Painting (Made in a Trance)
  • Dimensions
  • 100 x 70
  • Materials
  • Acrylic on paper
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  • Physical
  • Reflection Notes

GSA inventorying session – 10.09.20. “Madness you respect.” – AC.

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  • 00014-2012-TwRp-MyPersonalitysMyWork
  • Title
  • My Personality's My Work
  • Dimensions
  • 150 x 66
  • Materials
  • Acrylic on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical

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  • 00015-2010-TwRp-LoveIsTimeless
  • Title
  • Love is Timeless
  • Dimensions
  • 150 x 70
  • Materials
  • Acrylic on paper
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  • Reflection Notes

SMW & AC inventorying session – 08.10.20. “Maybe it doesn’t take 20 years to understand the work, as Pina Montano says, but even to face the work.” – SMW. “I’m making an executive decision that the archive will have inconsistencies.” – SMW. “How do you look at work that you made 20 years ago and don’t like or feel comfortable with? – AC. “Or relate to […] I don’t see the point in destroying things. They had a function.” – SMW. “It took me 10 years to make, my whole teenage years (‘I’m Proud of Myself’ sculpture), and I didn’t know I was making it. I was living. The accumulation is something I appreciate.” – SMW.

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  • 00016-2011-TwRp-PleaseStupid
  • Title
  • Please Stupid
  • Dimensions
  • 150 x 62
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  • Acrylic on paper
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GSA meeting – 08.02.21. “[...] names that didn’t make it into telling stories.” – MH.

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  • 00017-2014-TwRp-ToBeDesiredByMales
  • Title
  • To Be Desired by Males
  • Dimensions
  • 100 x 70
  • Materials
  • Acrylic on paper
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  • Physical
  • Reflection Notes

Rijksakademie Internal Open Studios – 07.09.20. “[…] to archive in order to get viewers into this headspace. anon: The longer you are an artist, the more important it becomes that you cannot remember everything.” – SMW. “Is that desirable, or is it a threat? Maybe both?” – AC.

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  • 00018-2011-TwRp-NotTraceyEminVoorDeZoveelste…
  • Title
  • Not Tracey Emin voor de zoveelste keer
  • Dimensions
  • 150 x 68.5
  • Materials
  • Acrylic on paper
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  • 00019-2012-TwRp-DickUpAss
  • Title
  • Dick up Ass
  • Dimensions
  • 150 x 62
  • Materials
  • Acrylic on paper
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  • 00020-2012-TwRp-MyWorkLooksHowIFeel
  • Title
  • My Work Looks How I Feel
  • Dimensions
  • 150 x 66
  • Materials
  • Acrylic on paper
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  • Physical
  • Reflection Notes

Rijksakademie Internal Open Studios – 07.09.20. “You know you know it, you just don’t know how you know it.” – AC. “Or you don’t trust that you know it, cause we have been told not to trust those feelings.” – Anon. “When are we allowed to trust any feelings?” – AC.

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  • 00021-2012-TwRp-IAmTheOnlyOne
  • Title
  • I Am The Only One Doing It Right
  • Dimensions
  • 150 x 61
  • Materials
  • Acrylic on paper
  • Object Location
  • Physical
  • Technical Notes

Meant as gift for Suzanne who lives in London.

  • Reflection Notes

Email exchange – 21.05.20. “I want to stress that gift giving is a big part of what I do. I sometimes think I want to be paid to give things away. We should offer visitors/press people etc. free ‘I am a horse’ buttons and bring over some of my ‘Profeminist WHITE FLOWERS’ books, maybe even to give as gifts and to sell. Deborah you must have one of these as well, I will do a horse signature for you! Also, as Radna said, “emotions, feelings, thoughts, relationships and behavior” are my real materials for art. I don’t like to think of myself as a visual artist because the things that mean the most and are the most determinant in my life are invisible, like perfume.” – SMW.

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