Stucco Jesus
2023
STUCCO, CONCRETE, METAL LATH, FOAM, WOOD, PVC FILM, PRAYER CANDLES.
Stucco Pew. Metal lathing installed around foam construction, concrete + stucco plastered over. Stretched PVC film over wood framing.
A materialized and solidified past | the cementing of a memory, a desire.
Approaching the send-off to nostalgia.
References: Miwon Kwon - One Place After Another: Site-Specific Art and Locational Identity, Pews, Strip-Mall Signage, Candlelight Vigils
To Seal a Nervous Stomach
2023
VACUUM SEAL BAG, ALGINATE, FOUND FABRIC, ROCKS, COTTON.
Sewed fabric stomachs stuffed with rocks and cotton stuffing. Stomachs doused in dyed alginate. Assortments of stomachs and rocks vacuum sealed in plastic bags.
Surgical removal and storing of anxious organs - A direct solution.
References: Organ Transplants, Vacuum-Packed Meat, Meat Hooks, IV Drip
HOLDme
2022
CONCRETE, ZINC RODS, SPRAY PAINT.
Concrete Gloves, Cast around sand-filled rubber gloves. Industrial decoration with zinc rods, paint stencils and spray paint.
Extension of the body or in hindrance to __ Restraint and entrapment from attachment.
Put your hand in, and try to move.
References: NYC Department of Buildings, Construction, Ball and Chain
Untitled (Transformative Project)
2022
WOOD, METAL HINGES, SCREWS, NUTS, WASHES.
A sort of call-back to the first collection of projects, referencing the columns / shallow incisions translated into hinges.
Concave and Convex, constantly leaning - Interact with it, a myriad of possible formations.
When sketching this piece, the fluidity of its different forms was vital.
References: Mountains, Loch Ness / Webbed Sea Monster Spines, Roller Coasters, Stairs, Fences
Talisman (Red-Handed)
2022
WOOD, RED WOODSTAIN.
Limited, quaint, ambiguous human form
Carved and sanded to fit a hand comfortably. Viewer’s interaction with the piece is disturbance – a perversion to its quaint form.
Carved and sanded to fit a hand comfortably. Viewer’s interaction with the piece is disturbance – a perversion to its quaint form.
Being caught “red-handed” -- red coating left on hand
References: bell hooks - Eating the Other: Desire and Resistance
Selected Works / September-October
2022
Sketchbook
2022
Appropriating the body of A Cat Abroad: The Further Adventures of Norton, The Cat Who Went to Paris, and His Human
