Soldered brass, 24 x 29 x 8, 2010. Park View (2010) is a wall-mounted brass relief sculpture that functions as an architectural and pictorial framing of space. Constructed from an assemblage of found domestic metalwork, the piece constructs a wide, irregular window onto empty wall space. Operating between low-relief sculpture and still-life painting, the assemblage … Continue reading Park View
Category: Brass Assemblage
Curse of the Ninth
Soldered brass, 10 x 15 x 10, 2010. Curse of the Ninth invokes the musical superstition that a composer is fated to die after completing their ninth symphony. The sculpture brings together a dynamic array of found and fabricated brass elements—including a horse-like figure, curved pipe elbows, a decorated circular cap, a heavy hex nut … Continue reading Curse of the Ninth
Minor Heroics
Soldered brass, 9 x 7 x 5, 2010. Minor Heroics (2010) is a compact, highly dense tabletop bust in soldered brass that reinterprets traditional monumental portraiture and heroic statuary through the lens of domestic assemblage. The title Minor Heroics operates with playful irony, referencing both the small scale of the sculpture and the modest, unheralded … Continue reading Minor Heroics
A Golden Age of Yellow Media
Soldered brass, 2010. A satirical tabletop assemblage in soldered brass that critiques sensation-driven journalism, surveillance, and optical distortion. Structured like an antique box camera or projection lantern mounted on a baluster-shaped pedestal, the sculpture incorporates a large glass-lensed aperture, a tilted dish-like horn or receiver, and side-mounted eye and ear motifs. By styling the apparatus … Continue reading A Golden Age of Yellow Media
Dreamland
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
