These Jersey City Relics acknowledge the chemical presence near my former studio in Jersey City, NJ. Paper stencils used to label the barrels were thrown out in the garbage, some drifted in the wind. I collected these stencils and incorporated them as visual elements in my work. The paintings are small. I consider them relics — pieces excavated from a future archeological dig. They relate to shards of pottery or fragments of a wall.

1988-1990 Jersey City Relics
ANNE SEELBACH 1988-1990 Jersey City Relics oil and powder pigment on masonite
Synasol N-355
1988
oil and powder pigment on masonite
12"x12"
ANNE SEELBACH 1988-1990 Jersey City Relics oil and powder pigment on masonite
Jersey City Relic II
1990
oil and powder pigment on masonite
12"x12"

ANNE SEELBACH 1988-1990 Jersey City Relics oil on torn paper
Caustic Soda II
1988
oil on torn paper
30"x22"
ANNE SEELBACH 1988-1990 Jersey City Relics oil, powder pigment on masonite
Jersey City Relic: Synasol N355
1988
oil, powder pigment on masonite
12"x12"

ANNE SEELBACH 1988-1990 Jersey City Relics oil and powder pigment on masonite
Industrial Fragments: Grating
1988
oil and powder pigment on masonite
12"x12"
ANNE SEELBACH 1988-1990 Jersey City Relics  oil, wire mesh, twine on masonite
Bound Fragment: Code 755
1988
oil, wire mesh, twine on masonite
12"x12"

ANNE SEELBACH 1988-1990 Jersey City Relics oil and powder pigment on masonite
Jersey City Relic: Synasol N-355
1989
oil and powder pigment on masonite
12"x12"
ANNE SEELBACH 1988-1990 Jersey City Relics oil, wire mesh on masonite
Jersey City Relics
1988
oil, wire mesh on masonite
12"x36" (triptych)

ANNE SEELBACH 1988-1990 Jersey City Relics oil, reflective silver paint, wire mesh, twine on masonite
Industrial Fragment
1988
oil, reflective silver paint, wire mesh, twine on masonite
12"x12"
ANNE SEELBACH 1988-1990 Jersey City Relics oil on torn paper
Caustic Soda I
1988
oil on torn paper
22.5"x13"

ANNE SEELBACH 1988-1990 Jersey City Relics oil and powder pigment on masonite
Jersey City Relic: NDT 480
1988
oil and powder pigment on masonite
12"x12"
ANNE SEELBACH 1988-1990 Jersey City Relics oil and powder pigment on masonite
Jersey City Relic
1990
oil and powder pigment on masonite
12"x12"

ANNE SEELBACH 1988-1990 Jersey City Relics oil and powder poigment on masonite
E-Quest
1988
oil and powder poigment on masonite
12"x12"
ANNE SEELBACH 1988-1990 Jersey City Relics oil, powder pigment on masonite
Jersey City Relic: Markings,
1988
oil, powder pigment on masonite
12"x12"