Still life/nature morte
2016
Exhibited at:
TMORO Projects, Santa Clara, CA, September 2016
In Still Life/Nature Morte the unusual dichotomy between the english and french phrases acts as the launching point for considering the death of nature and its subsequent resurrection in a series of cultural artifacts. Presented as a group of traditionally framed photographs, photo constructs, industrially produced housewares, and ready made sculptures, in Still Life/Nature Morte the natural world itself is the stockpile of stockpiles, the raw material for generating cultural objects. Flora, fauna, stone, wood, and other natural materials, repurposed for human consumption via the act of representation, become the cultural accoutrement for living. Together the work asks the questions: if nature is suitably translated by and for culture, in what form can it survive and at what cost?
Untitled (Glower)
Custom printed shower curtain, curtain rod, shower curtain rings
71x74”
2016
Installation view: Still Life/Nature Morte
At TMORO Projects
Santa Clara, CA
Still Life 032316 (Greek Tragedies)
Olive wash walnut frame, plexiglass, eggshell mat board, archival pigment print
17 ⅜ x 22 ¾”
2016
Untitled (Goodbye Hhorses)
Floor tile, pigment print, granite sample, marble sample, sticker, glass horse busts
12x12”
2016
Post-industrial Totem for Home or Office 6 (Three Wise Monkeys)
Extruded aluminum, pigment prints, sintra, laminate, custom printed silk scarf, shower curtain ring, decorative garden sculptures
30x86”
2016
Still Life 040316/040616 (Hhoundstooth)
Olive wash walnut frame, plexiglass, eggshell mat board, archival pigment print
22 ¾ x 17 ⅜
2016
Post-industrial Cenotaph for an Immaterial Body
Extruded aluminum, pigment print, sintra, laminate, Easy Gardener sun screen fabric, glass vase, flowers
50x72x11”
2016
