Dwelling

In my work I re-evaluate the physical and psychological potential of the picture through sculptural interventions. The works exist somewhere between the image and object, attempting to connect the representation to some form of reality.

There is an undeniable relationship between the subconscious choices in my artwork and the environment in which I was raised. In my childhood home, magazines and movies were censored, select films and TV shows were forbidden, sexuality and death were seldom discussed. The power images hold was discovered through scrutinizing forbidden magazine collections, daytime soap operas, and movies. The impetus of my practice resides in the desire to see, only to discover nothing shocking. Instead, seemingly mundane imagery is isolated and fragmented, presenting a narrative exploring the bizarre and erotic nature of images.

Discarded photographs and objects are collected and combined with my own photography, sculpture, and video to develop an accumulated archive of sources. The materials are reconfigured through simple acts of censorship and distortion, potentially provoking the desire to see. The renewed compositions often act like a peephole, which diverts the viewer’s gaze, and focuses attention to otherwise overlooked details. Entire scenes are rendered incomplete without the viewer’s imagination filling the gaps and visualizing what lies beneath the surface of the photograph, or behind the veil.