Ryan Estep's artistic process if focused on organic materials and altered canvases. In Sterilized Dirt D1, the artist finds ordinary dirt, mixes in disinfectant and then goes through the process of sterilizing the dirt, which requires heating the substance to 600 degrees Fahrenheit. The sterilized dirt is then silkscreened onto canvas, which is then stretched while still wet. Estep asks the "seemingly banal but deeply existential question of what do you call dirt that’s been sterilized no longer inherently dirty."
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