from Migration, A Project Proposal

By McArthur Binion

Wood under paper under crayon; cotton fields under assembly lines under canvas. These are the layers that live in my work: the history of application, media on a surface. Crayons are shovels in my hands digging under and through, laying my histories bare. I choose simple implements for this excavation, employing crayon and concept. The juxtaposition produces what Cecil Taylor once called "elegance in the extreme"-making the most cerebral work with the most elementary tools.