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DETAIL OF CHAMBERS AND ASSEMBLY OF "BEACH KEEP WITH HEART".
SEE VIEW TWO FOR COMPLETE DESCRIPTION
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THERE IS AN UNMISTAKABLE THEME RUNNING BETWEEN MY "COLUMN MEMORIUMS" AND THE "BEACH KEEP" SERIES. THAT THEME BEING LOSING, FINDING, AND THEN SAFELY KEEPING.
RECENTLY, I HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE SEDUCTION OF DUCHAMP, SLAUGHTERHOUSE VENUE, IN WHICH AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF ARTISTS COLLABORATED INDIVIDUALLY TO CREATE NEW WORKS INFLUENCED BY MARCELLE DUCHAMP. THE SHOW WAS HOUSED IN AN OLD SLAUGHTERHOUSE NEAR HEALDSBURG, CALIFORNIA, NOW OWNED BY THE DUCHAMP WINERY. THE WALLS AND FLOORS BORE SCARS AND STAINS OF ITS FORMER LIFE AND SERVED AS THE BACKDROP FOR THE COLORFUL AND VIVID HOMAGES PAID TO DUCHAMP. HOWEVER, IT WAS THE BACKDROP OF CONCRETE AND THE GHOSTLY PULLEYS, HOOKS, AND HARDWARE THAT HAS IMPALED ITSELF ON MY MIND AND CAUSED ME TO PRODUCE RECENT WORKS IN DELIBERATELY DECONSTRUCTED, UNREFINED CAST STONE AND CONCRETE.
COMPOSITION: BEACH FINDINGS, IRON, STEEL, CONCRETE, STONE.
DIMENSIONS: 3" X 3" X 10" HIGH |
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THIS VESSEL IS PART OF THE COLUMN MEMORIUM SERIES. THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE CHAMBERS WHICH CAN BE USED AS A RELIQUARY FOR THE KEEPING OF PRECIOUS OBJECTS AS WELL AS ASHES. EACH CHAMBER IS LINED IN SOLID COPPER. THE FINIAL IS ADORNED WITH FINDINGS FROM THE BOLINAS BEACH HERE IN CALIFORNIA, AND INCLUDES TWO SUN-BLEACHED BONES PRESUMABLY FROM A TERN, AN AQUATIC BIRD SIMILAR TO A SEA GULL. THE TWO KEEPER CHAMBERS ARE BOUND TOGETHER WITH DELICATE COPPER WIRE WRAPPED BETWEEN THE IRON BUTTONS LOCATED ON EACH SIDE.
COMPOSITION: BRONZE, BONE, FOUND OBJECTS, IRON, COPPER, CONCRETE.
DIMENSIONS: 4" X 4" X 15" HIGH |
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THIS WORK IS A "MASK" AND DEPICTS THE ADAGE THAT WE ARE ONLY AS "PRETTY" AS ARE OUR DEEDS. THERE ARE TWO IRON LOOPS AT HER EARS WHICH HOLD DELICATE GLASS TEST TUBE VASES FOR DRIED OR FRESH-CUT FLOWERS. BECAUSE THE PIECE DOES SOMETHING PRETTY, THEN SHE MUST BE AT LEAST AS PRETTY AS THAT.
THE MASK IS ELEVATED BY A SOLID BRONZE ROD. IT SWIVELS 360 DEGREES AND IS REMOVABLE FROM THE STAND JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO USE IT. HER HAIR IS SPUN BRONZE, OXIDIZED BLACK. HER GAZE FROM THE DEEP-SET, NATURAL BONE EYES WILL FOLLOW YOU AS YOU WALK BACK AND FORTH.
COMPOSTITION: IRON, FOUND OBJECTS, BRONZE, BONE,CONCRETE.
DIMENSIONS: 30" HIGH X 11" WIDE X 6" DEEP (AT BASE)
YEAR: 2009 |
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A SMALL WORK WHICH IS PART OF THE "RUNNING WITH CEREMONY" SERIES. THE PIECE IS A FUNCTIONAL SCULPTURE WHICH CAN BE USED AS A VESSEL FOR DRIED ARRANGEMENTS.
SIZE: 8"H X 7"W X 3"D.
MEDIUM: BRONZE, IRON, STEEL, CONCRETE.
YEAR: 2009
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