SUBURBAN DETRITUS MONOTYPES: Ross Passmoor

Suburban detritus forms the starting point for Passmoor’s work. He collects throw-away materials from his own home and surrounding suburbs and reworks these materials into largescale installations. Beyond the sculptural installations, he uses collage and printmaking as way of processing the material visually to assist him in the building and documentation of the installations.

These prints and collages further inform his sculptural practice which reworks the material of suburbia and challenges our preconceptions of the suburban space. His work plays on the pastness of materials and in working with them the artist roots himself in the suburban space.

This particular body of prints are made with suburban found materials, household waste and garden refuse. The process involves taking found materials, inking them up and layering their impressions on the page until the artist is satisfied with the outcome. Passmoor uses these prints primarily as a way to think about his larger sculptural installations, both to reflect on and to plan new works.