NOT PAST: Old Toys and Lost Friends
Fridman Gallery, July 2013
I have assembled some of my most cherished memories from discarded objects and wax. The assemblages give tangible, workable form to the memories they contain. I re-arrange their comprising objects to foster elements that were initially dormant, subdued or absent. Broader narratives and personally significant occurrences, even those not experienced first-hand, can coexist in one memory. These relationships form intuitively throughout the object gathering and production of the works.
Like memories, the assemblages are never complete. Once they have left the studio, the intensive stage of their formation is complete but I will occasionally visit them to modify and contribute to their structure with materials surrounding wherever they reside.
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Traveling North
A trip to Northern Mozambique.
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Toy Truck
A favorite toy.
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Red Hammer
My first memory.
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Browser
A self portrait.
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Saffron.
My childhood Dog.
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Memories of Lost Friends
An interactive piece where writings bind to an assemblage.
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Childhood faces
Memories of my neighbor and brother as kids.