Project Statement Wynde Dyer’s process-based painting and installation show Production and Reproduction examines the psychological and economic implications of assembly-line fine art painting and reproduction by outsourcing the creative process in building a body of work. For the first two-week phase of the project Dyer worked in the gallery 8-hours-a-day, 5-days-a-week towards the completion of nine 36" x 50" paintings of haunting black and white interiors, titled The Bedroom Series. For the second phase of the project, Dyer trained and directed a team of Portland-based assistants with varying levels of artistic skill and experience in reproducing the same body of work. For the final phase of the project, artist, art historian and PNCA professor Mary Preis facilitated oil-painted reproductions of Dyer’s work by artists in Dafen, China, an artist village specializing in the mass reproduction of famous works of art. Drawing on her academic background as a social scientist, Dyer then evaluated the results of this quasi-experimental design as if her findings were intended for publication in a faux social science research article. www.wyndedyer.com PRODUCTION & REPRODUCTION website
