Emilie Security Pillow
2012
Cloth, paint,fiberfil, pennies
33 x 12 inches

New Mutations
2011
ink, paper, acrylic paint on wall
Dimensions variable

Spattered and drawn ink on paper using eyedropper; cut-out blossom is affixed loosely to the wall; stem and leaves are painted directly on the wall. In different installation settings, the flower is free to grow to whatever size in whatever space I choose.

Red Srike: I think Of Death Everyday
2011
sumi ink on paper, wooden platform,
video monitors, police beacon
94 x 52.5 inches

Beneath the large bell drawing three TV monitors sit on a wooden platform at right angles to each other, noiselessly playing static. Above them circles the red beam of a police beacon, repeatedly grazing the image as if striking it to make it sound.

Forever Flowers (for Kusama)
2010
Enamel and acrylic paint, wood, electric
lights

Night Flower (for Robert R.)
2010
wood, enamel paint, light bulbs, wine
bottles, paint cans
15 x 6 Feet

This piece is dedicated to Robert Rauschenberg, whose retrospective I guarded at the Metropolitan Museum in 2006. His combines inspired me to put my first light bulbs in my work. The “pedestal” of wine bottles and paint cans evokes alcohol’s reputation as a creative fuel.

Detail

Snagged
2010
beer caps, metal wire
10 x 10 feet

I was inspired to save my beer caps out of a love of folk art I have seen over the years incorporating them. Every individual beer cap in my piece I touched relays a story of time spent drinking alone or with others. I felt like I was weaving a very intimate and dangerous personal history.

Detail of Snagged

Dumb Belle
2009
enamel paint on wood with electrical
lights, metal drains, artist

“Dumb Belle” brings a lot of different interests of mine together. The barbell is a handmade object made from wood, paint, electrical lights, and metal drains. I also designed a costume for a performance, then documented it with photos that became a stop-motion video that was then displayed along with the object as an installation. I seem to not to be able to make anything that doesn’t have a bit of humor in it, and for this piece, mixed with a little self-mocking I find it easier to address weightier subjects like gender clichés as well as my own creative life, that involves practice, repetition, and endurance.

Portal
gouache and ink on paper, TV monitors,
electrical wiring, wooden crates, video
performance by artist
92 x 94 inches

Three adjacent TV monitors on wooden crates display separate hour-long videos documenting the complete “performance” of the artist (sometimes masked) at work on the drawing. A selection of the video is under "links"

Detail of "Portal"