Sow’s Honor
2019
2019
solo exhibition at King’s Leap Projects, Brooklyn, NY
In 1386, the tribunal of Falaise sentenced a sow to be mangled and maimed in the head and forelegs and then to be hanged, for having torn the face and the arms of a child thus causing its death. As if to make the travesty of justice complete, the sow was dressed in man’s clothes and executed on the public square near the city-hall at an expense of ten sous and ten deniers, besides a pair of gloves to the hangman. The executioner was provided with new gloves in order that he might come from the discharge of his duty, metaphorically at least, with clean hands, thus indicating that, as a minister of justice, he incurred no guilt in shedding blood.
- E.P. Evans, Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals (1906)
Lex Talionis, 2019, glazed ceramics, rope, scale and steel chain, 205.7 x 71 x 23 cm
detail of Lex Talionis, 2019
detail of Lex Talionis, 2019
detail of Lex Talionis, 2019
detail of Lex Talionis, 2019
Sainte-Trinité I: Tortured, 2019, steel, soil, plaster putty, acrylic and digital print on canvas, 35.5 x 28 cm
Sainte-Trinité II: Consumed, 2019, steel, soil, plaster putty, acrylic and digital print on canvas, 35.5 x 28 cm
Sainte-Trinité III: Wasted, 2019, steel, soil, plaster putty, acrylic and digital print on canvas, 35.5 x 28 cm
detail of Humiliation Ritual, 2019 plaster, wood composite, polymer clay, chalk paint and mud residue, 25.5 x 51 cm
Sow’s Honor Library, 2019, found faux-wooden shelf and chain, 12.7 x 122 x 16.5 cm
Humiliation Ritual, 2019 plaster, wood composite, polymer clay, chalk paint and mud residue, 25.5 x 51 cm
Haustier 1 & 2
2016
2016
. . . for an animal, nothing is ever forbidden
Skinner’s Daughter
custom fabricated aluminum hunting dog crate, portable HD monitors, rubber bungee cables, soiled linens
Beyond Freedom & Dignity
2013-14
2013-14
debuted at the 2013 MICA Commencement Exhibition and presented again in 2014 at Carrie Secrist Gallery
Through an advert titled “Can Your Dog Be The Art World’s Newest Star?” placed on the New York chapter of Craigslist.org in Spring 2013, I began a series of artistic collaborations with New York dogs and their art-minded owners, most of whom believed that their dog possessed an above-average aesthetic sensibility. The video featured in this installation was recorded using a miniature “collar-camera” worn by Sunflower, a 6-year-old Pomeranian. The small dog’s camera work documents her unique perspective and artistic interests as the two of us conducted a tour of art galleries in Manhattan’s Chelsea district. The resulting video, “Aesthetic Contemplation,” is installed embedded in the gallery wall behind a Freedom™ brand pet flap door.
Detail of installation at MICA:
Aesthetic Contemplation, 2013, single channel video embedded in wall,pet door flap
Wipe Your Paws, 2013, carpet, artist’s hand and knee prints in mud
Detail of installation at MICA:
Beyond Freedom Loop, 2013, single channel HD video loop
Detail of installation at MICA:
Untitled Abstraction 2 (Sunflower Series), 2013, non-toxic tempera on canvas, framed, created in collaboration with Sunflower the Pomeranian dog.
Sunflower Wall Clock, 2013, digital print of original painting by Sunflower the Pomeranian on commercial clock.
Installation view at Carrie Secrist Gallery.
TOYS, 2014, artist book, 24 pg., edition of 4.
Installation view at Carrie Secrist Gallery.
Aesthetic Contemplation, 2013, single channel video embedded in wall, pet door flap.
TOYS
Artist book,
edition of 4.
24 pg
2014
Artist book,
edition of 4.
24 pg
2014
Featured in 2014 installation at Carrie Secrist Gallery
A picture book that eschews with language to compare the sensuous and curious forms that unite objects designed for the pleasure of people and those meant for their furry friends.