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| solo exhibition, "Shiny Bright Souvenir", 2008 31Grand Gallery, New York, NY. | | | | solo exhibition, "Salt, Soil, Ash" 2006 31Grand Gallery, Brooklyn, New York | | | | solo exhibition, " Bread, Salt, Water" 2005 Futura Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic | | | | organic material based paintings and Drawings 2000 - 2007 | | | | Shellfish portraits 2007 | | | | Organic Process Photography 2006 - 2007 | | | | Food photography 2001 - 2006 | | | | Sculpture/Bread | | | | Sculpture/poured concrete | | | | Sculpture/Taxidermy | | | | Sculpture/resin castings 1998 - 20001 | | | | production images | | | | Biography | | | | Resume/CV | | | | Bibliography | | | | Artist Statement | | | | Contact | | | | News | | | | Links | | | | Login | | |
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The idea of the sustenance of life: bread, salt and water, explores these basic fundamental elements as mediums for sculpture, to work with them as a symbolic metaphor as well as experimenting with their physical properties.
Symbolically, bread, salt and water have social, religious, economic and humanistic significance. As material, bread has an amazing organic process that I attempt to shape, but ultimately that shapes itself. The level of humidity, ingredients, care and concentration given, determines how the material will respond. In many ways, it is like a chemistry experiment.
These materials historically have an integral meaning to life and culture, and illustrate the fundamental elements of existence, something that is continuously overlooked in contemporary western culture. These simple common ingredients found in our homes have the power to bring people together and have been used by both church and state.
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The Soft Parts Mend in Gods Good Time 2005 Archival Pigment Print diptych each 40" X 30 101cm X 76
Artists' arms were covered in bread
dough and left to rise. Dough was then
baked onto arms with a blow torch. |
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Someone Waits 2005 Bread, salt, polyester resin 3.5" X 4.5 8.9cm X 11.43
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little buns were baked and inscribed with salt. |
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Live Soft Die Old 2005 Bread, salt, polyester resin 11" X 12 28cm X 31
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Bread Loaf was baked and inscribed with salt. |
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Memento Mori 2005 Bread, archival resin. approx. 15' X 10 457 cm X 305
1000 anatomically correct cast human skulls in various types of bread, archival resin.
collection of Futura Gallery and Castle Trebesice, Prague Czech Republic |
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Memento Mori 2004 Bread, chopping block approx. 10" X 6' X 2' 25.4cm X 183 X 61
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Anatomically correct bread Skulls were fresh baked for gallery opening and left to decay during the exhibition. |
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Bread Skull Fondue 2004 Bread, fondue, mix media approx. 4.5' X 4' X 4' 137cm X 122 X 122
A bread skull fondue was set for visitors in an abandoned meat packing cooler in New York City.
curated by Alison Meehan |
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