2007 - 30’X9’X 3’ - Made up of forty-two portraits rendered in human hair stuck in the adhesive of packing tape. Layers of tape articulate the Ovals that pay tribute to the tradition of formal and official portraiture.
Each portrait is larger than life and the warmth of the mostly brown and black hair simulates the charm of old fashion engravings. The piece floats in mid air three feet out from the wall allowing for reflected light from the wall to illuminate the image.
The piece blends feelings of fondness for antiquity with a visceral repulsion for hair stuck in tape. The more modern the man the less appropriate his likeness seems to conform to this format, aside from their banality they smile too much.
7’X22’ 2013 - Made up of the disembodied heads of prominent republican politicians, mostly congress. Suspended in mat medium, eyeless faces stack on the front side of ¼” clear Plexiglas with eyes back painted on the reverse surface allowing their flattened stares to follow your every movement.
Front view
Side view to illustrate the eye movement
2009 – 5’X12’X1’ - Made of 20 moonshine bottles painted black and filled with water. Each bottle has the image of a distinct clown’s face scratched into the paint on the backside and a round window in the front to allow for viewing.
The curved shape of the bottle and the water combine to magnify and distort. The heads follow your movement (due to the concave surface) as the weight of the water warps the board that they rest on. The total result is a disturbing smile in the form of a committee of disembodied clowns.
Video illustrating the motion as you move laterally.
2004 - 8’X8’X4” - Paying homage to commemorative plates, decoupage, sad clowns and the lost art of flocking. From G.W. to G.W. all the presidents are represented in the form of a large phallus.
This piece was made before, during and after both of the most recent party conventions. Each paper plate was dipped in varnish, suspended with thread and collaged with the image of each president altered to appear as the same sad clown.
