Soldered brass, 9 x 23 x 10, 2008. The title is the phrase Et in Arcadia ego, in which death speaks from within the pastoral ideal. Poussin’s shepherds find a tomb in the landscape and read its inscription. The sculpture has a tomb of its own at the right: a rectangular opening framed by a … Continue reading Even in Arcadia
Soldered brass, stone, 15 x 11 x 10, 2008. The Drunken Seder joins two sacred meals through the one thing they share, wine, and gives the result the posture of the Barberini Faun. The Hellenistic satyr sleeps it off on a rock, torso thrown back, arm flung overhead, a leg hanging slack. The sculpture’s mass … Continue reading The Drunken Seder
Soldered brass, stone, 9 x 10 x 6, 2008. The sun is a half disc ruled with spokes, the diagram of a sunset: a semicircle, rays, and a flat edge below where the horizon would be. Beneath it a plate drilled with two holes is pinned along one edge like a hinge leaf, so the horizon … Continue reading Canadian Sunset
Soldered brass, 11 x 10 x 8, 2008. Extraordinary Rendition shows a hooded figure between two deserts. It slumps at the center with its legs stretched out in front, its head drawn up into a tall pointed hood pierced by two holes. Two blank plates stand behind it like a wall or a door. A … Continue reading Extraordinary Rendition
Welded steel, 79 x 17 x 16, 2008. The Customs Agent is a welded steel portrait bust that explores the layered meanings of authority, labor, and interpretation within art. By titling the work after a bureaucratic figure, the piece engages a dual reading: it references the historical role of customs officers while also playing with the … Continue reading The Customs Agent
