1976 x 2003, 1976 x 1964, and 1964 x 1939
acrylic and oil on unstretched canvas, 46 x 46," on card table
With these works, a comparison is made between painting on unstretched canvas and vinyl tablecloths. I am also thinking about plaid tablecloths in paintings of interiors by Edouard Vuillard.
In addition to my interests in creating object-based painting and works that blur lines between painting and textile arts, my work as an artist is concerned with xenophilia with a goal of bridging divides across cultures.
This work explores mathematics and “stick multiplication,” specifically - a method that seems to come from China.
Math should bring clarity to daily living to persons of any profession and all walks of life. All around I see people who are getting by with minimal confidence in their ability to use math effectively in life, from high school graduates to university faculty and staff. After exploring a few different ways of working with multiplication, I became engrossed with stick multiplication as a simple, straight-forward method that is highly visual. Stick multiplication is array-like and focuses on place values that are typically color-coded.
In a 2020 journal article Dr. Muhammad Nasiru Hassan, a senior lecturer (1) at Sokoto State University in Nigeria, reported that quasi-experimental (2) research with Primary 5 students (3) shows a significant positive outcome with learning multiplication by the stick method over the traditional method of multiplying place values by each other and adding the answers. This research also revealed that when students are taught multiplication through the stick method girls outperform boys.
Footnotes
1) roughly equivalent to "associate professor"in US
2) non-randomized
3) equivalent of US 5th Grade
example
https://www.youtube.com/embed/gngvWShRgX4
