Mike Goodlett, Louis Zoellar Bickett, and Robert Morgan live, work, and inhabit their studios in a way that completely destroys the barrier between home and workplace and ultimately between life and art. Mike Goodlett’s paper flowers bloom from cracks in the ceiling, sculpted forms rise over doorways, and delicate ballpoint-pen webs emanate from electrical outlets. Louis Zoellar Bickett’s home artfully stores decades of boxes, volumes, artworks, photographs, and ephemera from THE ARCHIVE, a project he has dutifully created and maintained daily since 1973. And Robert Morgan’s works, collections, and ever-changing altar have slowly consumed his living room, dining room, bedroom, and kitchen, giving the occasional visitor complete access to the lives, stories, and individuals he has encountered over the years. The images published herein provide the viewer with a cursory glance into the intimate worlds of these artists whose artworks, lives, and studios have fused into one inseparable reality.
Louis Zoellar Bickett (Lexington, KY)
-Phillip March Jones, 2013
Phillip March Jones is an artist, writer, and curator who shares his time between Lexington, Kentucky and Atlanta, Georgia. He is the founder of Institute 193, a nonprofit contemporary art space and publisher. His most recent publication is Points of Departure: Roadside Memorial Polaroids, released by the Jargon Society.
Robert Morgan (Lexington, KY)
Mike Goodlett (Wilmore, KY)
All photos by Phillip March Jones. The following images show Goodlett’s house and studio.