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  • Sledgehammer. Bullet. Bomb.
    Natural disasters and accidents are inevitable but it is human aggression where we experience the loss of art, architecture and historical sites that are neither designed nor intends to be destroyed. To deliberately eradicate identity is to eradicate art and objects of symbolic meaning. We have witnessed systematic destruction of heritage as an attempt to destroy cultural diversity through religious or ideological reasoning, political agenda, activism or cultural curation. The sledgehammer, bullet, bomb, water or earthquake perform the destruction - I wanted to reimagine an object that is simultaneously a symbol and protectant. When building protective barricades for fortification in front of and around culturally significant objects and architecture they then become the new identity and description for the object they are protecting. Through the use of common art making materials: canvas, marble and wood, they are reinterpreted as devices to defend, deter or lessen destruction but also form a new autonomous work to be visited, viewed and contemplated.
  • May Contain Chemicals Known to Cause Sarcasm, 2015, 56 1/2 x 55 x 32 inches, oil on canvas, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood
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  • Destroyed #4, 2015, 60 x 36 x 16 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, varnish, metal
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  • Destroyed #5 (detail), 2015, 81 x 11 x 23 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, varnish
    Destroyed #5, 2015, 81 x 11 x 23 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, varnish
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  • Destroyed #10, 2015, 80 x 58 x 90 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, plaster, paint
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  • A Historic Point of Interest and other Landmarks on Titan Road 2015, 75 x 103 x 76 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, metal
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  • Redestruction #1 (front), 2015, dimensions variable, canvas, wood, plaster, paint
    Redestruction #1 (side), 2015, dimensions variable, canvas, wood, plaster, paint
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  • Redestruction #1, 2015, color video with sound, running time 10:38
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  • A Bunch of dum dums tried to Destroy it while I was in Charge of Protecting It 2015, 96 x 64 x 91 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, metal
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  • Destroyed #7, 2015, 80 x 40 x 40 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood
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  • Destroyed #7 (detail), 2015, 80 x 40 x 40 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood
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  • Destroyed #8, 2015, 37 x 96 x 14 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, metal
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  • Destroyed #2, 2015, 60 x 36 x 16 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, varnish, metal
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  • Destroyed #9, 2015, 80 x 36 x 27 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, plaster, paint
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  • Destroyed #1, 2015, 31 x 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, varnish, metal, Calcutta marble
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  • Destroyed #3, 2015, 64 x 24 x 14 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, varnish, metal
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  • Corner Wind, 2015, 36 x 24 x 24 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood
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  • Possibility of a Crushed Skull, 2015, 54 x 29 x 22 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, metal
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  • Redestruction #2 (front), 2015, dimensions variable, canvas, wood, plaster, paint
    Redestruction #2 (side), 2015, dimensions variable, canvas, wood, plaster, paint
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  • Redestruction #2, 2015, color video with sound, running time 11:17
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  • Untitled, 2015, 66 x 27 x 14 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope
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  • Wall for Nimrud, 2015, 8 x 17 x 8 feet, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, metal, paint
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  • Wall for Nimrud (detail), 2015, 8 x 17 x 8 feet, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, metal, paint
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