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“Only useless things are indispensable.” -Francis Picabia
My sculptural installation takes everyday objects and alters them to subvert their usual function. A recurring theme is the body, which is referenced through the use of helpful household objects like glasses, clothing, cleavers, etc. The physical bodies are absent, but the psychological bodies are present and there is a level of threat, an undercurrent of violence. Cleavers and Cement Shoes point toward mortality, the vulnerability of our corporeal selves. Simultaneously, I use puns and text, which then contrast the physical with a manifestation of the immaterial or conceptual self. I am interested in the nature of dualities. The work embodies a tension between object and idea. I consider this in the work Cleavers; at first glance, it is a pun referencing a sense of foreboding in the saccharine 50’s show, Leave It To Beaver. However, the word itself has dual meanings, both to split apart and to join together. These paradoxical situations fascinate and amuse me. In works like Vanishing Act, I use humor to consider conceptual art and the skepticism many have toward what seems like it’s deliberate esoteric nature. I employ the lowbrow devices of a magic shop to comment on what some still believe to be artistic sleight of hand.
My sculptural installation takes everyday objects and alters them to subvert their usual function. A recurring theme is the body, which is referenced through the use of helpful household objects like glasses, clothing, cleavers, etc. The physical bodies are absent, but the psychological bodies are present and there is a level of threat, an undercurrent of violence. Cleavers and Cement Shoes point toward mortality, the vulnerability of our corporeal selves. Simultaneously, I use puns and text, which then contrast the physical with a manifestation of the immaterial or conceptual self. I am interested in the nature of dualities. The work embodies a tension between object and idea. I consider this in the work Cleavers; at first glance, it is a pun referencing a sense of foreboding in the saccharine 50’s show, Leave It To Beaver. However, the word itself has dual meanings, both to split apart and to join together. These paradoxical situations fascinate and amuse me. In works like Vanishing Act, I use humor to consider conceptual art and the skepticism many have toward what seems like it’s deliberate esoteric nature. I employ the lowbrow devices of a magic shop to comment on what some still believe to be artistic sleight of hand.
