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Statement Cobbled together from pieces of used wood, debris, and drywall screws, my work references architecture. Working intuitively and by making do with what’s at hand, I repurpose found material to create my necessary forms. Objects and installations begin as rudimentary ideas, and grow into pieces that not only occupy—but also create and define—space. The work is at once playful, animated, serious, and ominous, as it teeters between structure and collapse. Each object begins with the search. I comb alleyways, dumpsters, and resale shops for abandoned building material, old furniture, and scraps of wood. Once collected, the material is brought to the studio where I, armed with boxes of drywall screws, various tools, and intuition cut, mill, and assemble it into these objects. The work exists on three specific scales: of space, within space, and about space. In the first of these, the work situates discreetly within the exhibition space and is perceived as a singular object; in the second, the architecture of the exhibition space becomes a part of the piece as floors, walls, ceiling, etc., are incorporated into the piece itself; the third, about space, reads as architectural model. By working at these three scales, I aim to create work that offers viewers the ability to interact with objects as real space, contemplative space, and imagined space. Winter 2008 |
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