Traditional African dress (handmade by Maphoka ), acrylic medium. 28″x 20″x 4″. Collection of the artist.
Exhibited in “Summer Show,” Signal 66, Washington, D.C., 2004. Exhibited in “Cartography 101,” Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2005.
Pulped pages of the book “The Bhagavad Gita- As It Is, given to me at an airport. 16″x 9 1/2″x 3 1/2”. Collection of the artist.
Exbitited in “Bookworks: DC,” at the Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C., 1980.
Exhibited in “Packard, Spaulding, Yamaguchi,” at the Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C., 1984.
National Geographic magazines. 10″x7″x 2 1/4″. Collection of the artist.
Exhibited in “Paper: Changing Uses and Concepts,” Gallery 10, Washington, D.C., 1980.
Exhibited in “BOOKWORKS:D.C.,” Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.,1980
Exhibited in “Packard, Spaulding, Yamaguchi,” Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.,1980
Paper pulp and ashes of drawings, prints, and paintings done while in residence at Tulane University. 8″x6″x5”. Collection of the Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University.
Exhibited at the Washington Project for the Arts, 1984.
Clothes, acrylic medium. 16″x 8″diameter. Collection of the Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University.
Exhibited at Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C., 1984. Exhibited in “Recontextualizing the Found,” curated by Thalia Vrachopoulos and Bill Pangburn, Shiva Gallery, John Jay College, NYC, 2014.
Exhibited in “Metamorphosis: Highlights from the Permanent Collection,” curated by Maurita Poole and Laura Blereau, Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA , 2022
This is a very early work further addressing the concept of record-keeping, journaling with materials, autobiography, Compression, distillation of experience, hinting at these by exposing interior layers.
The piece is composed of some of the clothes my mother made or purchased for me prior to my year as a student in Italy, that I wore there, and that returned with me. They retain something of my experience there. They are materially the same but different. Transformed -as I was- during that period of time.
Mixed appliqued fabrics, clothing, and batting. 42 1/2”x 61”. Collection of the artist.
Haircolor tubes, lint, and newspaper. 4″x 6 1/2″ diameter. Collection of the artist.
Tip envelopes. 4 1/2″ x 10″ diameter. Collection of the artist.
Tip envelopes, red paper napkins, $10 dollar bill. 11″x 7″x 3 3/4″.
Exhibited in “Pass/Sculpture,” at Pass Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2007
Plaster, cicada wings. 8″x 5 3/4″x 1 5/8″. Collection of the artist.
Exhibited in “Pass/Sculpture,” Pass Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2007.
Roses, cement. 3″x 7″ diameter. Collection of Nancy Garruba and Christopher Hornig.
Exhibited in “4 Perspectives:Becoming MPA”, McLean Project for the Arts, VA, 2012, and
“Sculpture Unbound,” Edison Place Gallery, Washington D.C., 2006.
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