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𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘋𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘋𝘪𝘱 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 2025
tongue depressors, industrial alkyd paint, dust collector contents from January - November 2025, polystyrene, foam board
Finally getting around to posting some images from my show at @marsfrankfurt in
November after a long Instagram hiatus.
Aged acrylic sucks in years of life and makes this beautiful patina. You couldn’t synthesize this. It’s like wine or swords in museums. If you buff off the patina it’s ruined. Admittedly, using aged acrylic also is about not having any money rn and working with what’s around, but from that I get to discover this. Maybe I’ll become a vintage acrylic dealer.
𝙏𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝘽𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙃𝙪𝙩, 2025
Kitty litter bucket, aged acrylic, electronics
15 x 10 x 12 inches; 38 x 25 x 30 cm
Thank you @saragroseiii for your photography
Lollipop and Cigarette Holder, 2015
Powder coated steel, lollipops, cigarettes
5 x 3 x 10 inches; 13 x 7.5 x 25.5 cm
Digging through and cleaning up things in the archive and I found a pic of this sculpture from 2015, made as a 23 year old in Baltimore (actually made outside of Baltimore at a machine shop I was working at).
Today is my birthday. I am 33. I haven’t gotten out of bed yet today, and it feels good.
I’m exhausted from growth, like a little plant who’s finally bearing fruit, or a sleepy doggie who played hard. 33 is a trippy year, double 3 is a good sign. 3 is a perfectly balanced number. Double 3 means twice the balance. Bridges are made this way. This coming year will be a very good and productive year for the studio and for me.
Grateful for everyone who got me here, kept me around, nourished, nurtured, supported me through thick and thin. Last year was an incredible ride. I was self employed for an entire year (no boss man), built a beautiful studio with my partner in crime, got a huge grant, put my head down and got to work. I got diagnosed, medicated, started seeing an lgbt therapist through Center on Halsted, all of which are life changing to me.
See you all out in the world! As always, say hi. Love you all. Love, love, love. Love animals, love people, love food, experiences, challenges, the deep darkness. Love the darkness, the pain, the journey. Love because what tf else am I gonna do?
Proof of life. I am still kicking, working hard, experiencing joy as much as I can in life. That being said, I’m so burned out on meta products. If I slow down and think about it, ig is ruining my life/art practice/self image. Hearing Zuckerberg/elon/billionaire fuckheads align themselves with the current administration is nudging me towards abandoning this platform all together, touching grass, and making it happen elsewhere. I thought bluesky was an option, but its ownership is apparently in question. Sooooooooo, say hi to me in real life, and let’s move beyond the superficiality of this platform, which is ruining Art.
Time to get wiggly. Time to be a baby. Time to fuck around.
I got a DCASE grant, yall! To produce/continue developing a body of work and purchase/experiment with a new piece of equipment. Thank you @ChicagoDCASE for supporting me!
What I am poking at: What would happen if machines and makers were untethered from capitalism, and power and focus were shifted towards experimentation? Also, how can digital fabrication be seen through a queer and subjective lens?
For most of my adult live I’ve been working in machine shops, production spaces, etc, working with cnc tech (for other people, making other people lots of money). I would always squeeze in making my art when I could, but the machines priorities were always elsewhere. This tech is really something I love and something close to my heart. It’s one of the things I am formally trained in. I always felt like an awkward weirdo in these spaces, working with folks who didn’t really get me or what I do, or knowing what to think of me and my strange way of being.
This DCASE grant will let me finally buy a machine and dedicate it to the production of art—experimentation and improvisation with process and form, making last minute discoveries in the work, play, subjectivity, and lightness in an otherwise inflexible discipline.
😵💫
#chicagodcase #dcase #chicagoart #sculpture #chicago #antonauth #art
I got this as a sophomore or junior in undergrad. It’s traveled to every studio and is somehow still intact. A perfect reference. Very stoked to work in clay soon!
Very stoked on this new studio build. If you see me covered in paint/drywall dust, there’s a 50% chance it’s from this space. Me and @saragroseiii are going hard yall.
