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  • Destroyed #1 by James Gilbert
  • 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 3217 james gilbert 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
  • Destroyed #4 3234james gilbert Destroyed #4, 2015, 60 x 36 x 16 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, varnish, metal
  • Destroyed #5 (detail) 3213 james gilbert
    Destroyed #5 (detail), 2015, 81 x 11 x 23 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, varnish
    Destroyed #5 3214 james gilbert
    Destroyed #5, 2015, 81 x 11 x 23 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, varnish
  • Untitled 3280 james gilbert Destroyed #10, 2015, 80 x 58 x 90 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, plaster, paint
  • A Historic Point of Interest and other Landmarks | James Gilbert 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
  • Redestruction#1 james gilbert
    Redestruction #1 (front), 2015, dimensions variable, canvas, wood, plaster, paint
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    Redestruction #1 (side), 2015, dimensions variable, canvas, wood, plaster, paint
  • Redestruction #1, 2015, color video with sound, running time 10:38
  • A Bunch of dum dums tried to Destroy it while I was in Charge of Protecting It , James Gilbert 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
  • Destroyed #7 3344 james gilbert Destroyed #7, 2015, 80 x 40 x 40 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood
  • Destroyed #7 (detail) 3353 james gilbert Destroyed #7 (detail), 2015, 80 x 40 x 40 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood
  • Destroyed #8 3331_james gilbert Destroyed #8, 2015, 37 x 96 x 14 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, metal
  • Destroyed #2 3244 james gilbert Destroyed #2, 2015, 60 x 36 x 16 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, varnish, metal
  • Untitled 3270 james gilbert Destroyed #9, 2015, 80 x 36 x 27 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, plaster, paint
  • Destroyed #1 3257 james gilbert Destroyed #1, 2015, 31 x 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, varnish, metal, Calcutta marble
  • Destroyed #3 3246 james gilbert Destroyed #3, 2015, 64 x 24 x 14 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, varnish, metal
  • Corner wind _james gilbert Corner Wind, 2015, 36 x 24 x 24 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood
  • Possibility of a Crushed Skull _ james gilbert Possibility of a Crushed Skull, 2015, 54 x 29 x 22 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, metal
  • Redestuction #2 james gilbert
    Redestruction #2 (front), 2015, dimensions variable, canvas, wood, plaster, paint
    Redestruction2 james gilbert
    Redestruction #2 (side), 2015, dimensions variable, canvas, wood, plaster, paint
  • Redestruction #2, 2015, color video with sound, running time 11:17
  • Untitled 3281 james gilbert Untitled, 2015, 66 x 27 x 14 inches, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope
  • Wall for Nimrud 3099 james gilbert Wall for Nimrud, 2015, 8 x 17 x 8 feet, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, metal, paint
  • 3090 james gilbert Wall for Nimrud (detail), 2015, 8 x 17 x 8 feet, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, metal, paint
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  • One Blank Round (detail), 2015, 8x8x8 feet, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, paint, metal
  • One Blank Round
    When drugs for lethal injections become unattainable we investigate or revert to alternatives versus abolishing the act all together. The controversy of capital punishment, need for retribution, suspicion of innocence and moral culpability is ricocheted around the room. Whereas voluntary euthanasia, perhaps presented by the same voices, is questioned as an ethical entitlement of a terminal illness. Election cycles and political posturing carry a slate of topics certain to incite opinions, provoke beliefs and create an atmosphere of side choosing. How should we discipline behavior and legislate morality?
  • Firing Squad 3143 james gilbert
  • One Blank Round 3132 james gilbert One Blank Round, 2015, 8x8x8 feet, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, paint, metal
  • One Blank Round (detail) 3166 james gilbert
    One Blank Round (detail), 2015, 8x8x8 feet, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, paint, metal
    One Blank Round (detail) 3164 james gilbert
    One Blank Round (detail), 2015, 8x8x8 feet, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, paint, metal
  • 3137 james gilbert One Blank Round (detail), 2015, 8x8x8 feet, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, paint, metal
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  • How Much Earth For Sale?,2022
earth, concrete, wood, metal, paint
  • The Modern Doubt, 2019, wood paint, pigmented wax, 22 x 20 x 14inches
  • Untitled, 2019, vinyl, wood, rope, nature
  • Truth and Reason, 2017, wood, paint, pigmented wax, 9 x 28 x 10inches
  • A Historic Point of Interest and Other Landmarks, 2016 (installation view) hand-dyed canvas, wood, paint, marble, dimensions variable
  • There's Fragility in Protecting What You Have, 2016, wood, varnish, wax, acrylic paint, 26 x 44 x 11 inches
  • Destroyed #1 by James Gilbert
  • One Blank Round (detail), 2015, 8x8x8 feet, hand-dyed canvas, polyester rope, wood, paint, metal
  • 1968, 2013, 35 x 92 x 40 inches, hydrocal, pigment, wax, wood, varnish
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  • My Pervy Bone, 2013, 8 1/4 x 18 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches, found chewed bone, neon, wood, varnish, electronics
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