UNT on the Square, Denton TX
"The Dining Room Chair" is about a chair that has been in my family for several generations Like a photograph in which it appears, it is a saved artifact and index to the past. I have disassembled, reassembled, traced, embroidered, cast and juxtaposed it with a variety of materials and texts in order to explore ideas of indexicality, the archive and the frame. The resulting sculptural and fabric works address the roles of photography, writing, and art-making in our efforts to deny death. |
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"The Dining Room Chair", 2012
Partial Installation View #1
Size: variable
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"Tondo: Magic Circle", 2012
Medium: hydrocal plaster, paint
Size: approximately 72´´diameter circle
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"Shroud ", 2005
Medium: linen tablecloth, embroidery floss
Size: approximately 70´ (W) x 90´´(L)
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"The Dining Room Chair: after Kosuth", 2005
Medium: chair cushion, ink jet print, fabric, chair frame, linen cocktail napkins, embroidery
Size: approximately 70´ (W) x 36´´(L) x 18´´(D)
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"The Dining Room Chair: after Kosuth" (detail), 2005
Medium: chair cushion, ink jet print, fabric
Size: approximately 18´ (W) x 18´´(H) x 2´´(D)
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"The Dining Room Chair: after Kosuth" (detail), 2005
Medium: linen cocktail napkins, embroidery, museum pins
Size: approximately 22´ (W) x 14´´(H) x .5´(D)
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Foreground: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries ", 2012; Background: "Nod to AN and RT", 2012
Medium: books, table, rug, shoes, glass bowl, fabric, library cards, ink, rope
Size: 36´´(W) x 7´(H) x 36´´(D)
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" Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (detail), 2012
Medium: books, glass bowl, fabric
Size: approximately 20´´(W) x 20´´(D) x 20´´(H)
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" Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (detail), 2012
Medium: rug, table, shoes
Size: approximately 40´´(W) x 40´´(D) x 24´´(H)
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" Nod to AN and RT" (detail), 2012
Medium: library cards, ink, rope
Size: approximately 3.5´´´(W) x 2´´(D) x 5´´(H)
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"The Dining Room Chair", 2012
Partial Installation View #2
Size: variable
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"Dies Irae" (detail), 2009
Medium: porcelain, solvent transfer, wax, rope
Size of Individual Pieces: approximately 3´´(W) x 15´´(L) x 1´´(D); Installation Size: variable
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"The Dining Room Chair", 2012
Partial Installation View #3
Size: variable
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"Spaces: after Bachelard", 2009
Medium: linen napkins, embroidery
Napkin Size: approximately 18´´square; Installation Size: variable
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"Negotiating with the Dead", 2012
Medium: wood cabinet, books, patinated bronze
Size: approximately 48´´(W) x 48´´(H) x 15´´(D)
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"Negotiating with the Dead" (detail), 2012
Medium: wood cabinet, books, patinated bronze
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"Empty Frame ", 2012
Medium: hydrocal plaster, paint, brass
Size: approximately 15 ´(W) x 21 ´(H) x 1´´(D)