Hair, watches. Collection of the artist.
Exhibited in “Plastic Memory”, McLean Project for the Arts, Mc Lean, Va, 2003
.0309 Max’s Hair in Watches 2003
saving/reusing
.0089 Shoes 1980
Newspaper. 13 1/2”x 12”x 6 1/2”. Location unknown.
Exhibited at the Washington Project for the Arts, 1984.
.0086 Bread Journal 1996
Plastic bread bag closures. 12 1/2″x 9 1/2″. Collection of the artist.
.0084 Hair in Tip Envelopes 2003
Gratuity envelopes, clients’ hair, cement. 11″x 8″x 5 1/2″. Collection of the artist.
Exhibited in “Hair Apparent,” curated by Twig Murray, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA, 2013.
.0124 Book in Cement 1979
Book, cement. 5″x 2’x 1 1/2″. Collection of Alexander Stoia.
Exhibited at the Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.,1984.
.0042 (newspaper and lint) 2006
Newspaper, lint. 5″x 12″ diameter. Collection of Susan Yashar, Washington, D.C.
Exhibited at Hillyer Art and Artists, Washington, D.C. , 2011.
.0041 Paris Dada 1987
Mixed media. 8″x 7″x 2″. Collection of the artist.
.0040 3 Sweaters 2018
Hand sewn and woven mixed fabrics. 23″x 17″x 3″. Collection of the artist.
Exhibited in “WTF Gurlz,” Artists and Makers, Rockville, MD, 2019.
.0036 Map 2004
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.
.0035 The Bhgavad Gita-As It Is 1978
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.
.0033 Continental Shelf 1978
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
.0032 Paintings and Drawings 1976-1978 1978
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.
.0031 Clothes 1979
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.
.0016 (pink and red) 2020
Mixed appliqued fabrics, clothing, and batting. 42 1/2”x 61”. Collection of the artist.
.0030 Nest 2014
Haircolor tubes, lint, and newspaper. 4″x 6 1/2″ diameter. Collection of the artist.
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