Soldered brass, 8 x 21 x 10, 2010. An elongated, horizontal tabletop assemblage in soldered brass that constructs a surreal, reclining landscape of memory and subconscious fantasy. Measuring nearly two feet in length, the sculpture bridges domestic brass relics with architectural and figurative motifs, including decorative plates, a horn-like funnel, shell-shaped vessels, an open keyhole-like … Continue reading Dreamland
Soldered brass, 16 x 12 x 11, 2010. A vertical tabletop assemblage in soldered brass that reinterprets the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Christ through an abstract, structural vocabulary. Set upon a square pedestal base and a baluster column, the work constructs a central lap-like basin that supports a dense cluster of diagonal, … Continue reading Pietà
Soldered brass, 25 x 17 x 19, 2009. Olympian Cup (2009) is a monumental tabletop assemblage in soldered brass that reinterprets classical sacrificial vessels and heroic trophy cups through an anthropomorphic, mythic syntax. The sculpture reads as an abstracted seated figure, where the large, deep chalice basin functions as the torso and two sweeping legs … Continue reading Olympian Cup
Welded steel, 15 x 12 x 12, 2009. The Prophet is a head that changes category as the viewer walks around it. From the front it is a bearded face under a curtain of long hair. From behind it is a phallus: a smooth, closed dome with a ridged collar and rolled bands below. The … Continue reading The Prophet
Soldered brass, MDF, 15 x 12 x 9, 2008. The title is the subtitle of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Shelley’s Prometheus is Victor Frankenstein, who animates a body built from parts and is destroyed by what he makes. The sculpture is built from parts as well: a candlestick, discs, a horn and … Continue reading The Modern Prometheus
