Work With Words
Lupanare Industrial sugar bag, beet juice, paper, gouache, fabric, silver thread. 21" x 27 1/2" 2015
Lupanare
A bed of beets.
Eat from the same beet root, fall in love.
Lupanar — Roman word for brothel
lupa (she-wolf)
“Take favors in the beetroot fields.”
(euphemism for visiting prostitutes)
”Beets have a mystical potency worth their
weight in silver.” (the Oracle at Delphi)
Labrys — Minoan axe— silver-lipped
crescent symbol of moon, the arche of
creation: Mater arche: matriarchy.
Axe ceremonially used
by priestesses to cut umbilical cord.
Recipe
Recipe papier maché, paint, cake stand 8" x 36" 2016
One Human Species
This simple recipe has been passed down for countless
generations. It is now considered a classic. The recipe
can easily be multiplied with fine results.
Combine together:
Homo sapiens (African)
ultraviolet rays (vitamin D)
Stir in:
melanin (sunscreen)
Bake in the center of a hot oven until dark in color.
In subsequent batches, Sift in:
distance
Gradually add:
time
Position above or below center of oven. Reduce heat and melanin. Bake until sufficiently browned.
All variations of this recipe are made using the same ingredients.
Mercy Seat Newsprint, colored pencil, erased pencil, cardboard, felt, gold paint, book cover, Mercy's unraveled knitting. 18" x 26" 2013
Mercy Seat
mercy seat — gold covering the Arc of the Covenant, the throne of God.
“cuéntame algo de mi”
(tell me something about myself)
Mercedes, known as Mercy, knit in silence with Alzheimer’s until her memory of knitting unraveled.
renegade
a single action
a revolving gun
the peacemaker
renegade colt
the gun that won the west
Abe Lincoln may have freed all men, but Sam Colt made them equal.
(post civil war slogan)
1830's belt model
1847 Walker
1851 Navy
1860 Army Navy
1873 "Colt 45"
Renegade Spent torso target, tracing paper, pen and ink, gouache, gold paint, red pigment swatch. 23" x 35" 2015
Etymology of Tradition
Etymology of Tradition mixed media 22" x 30" 2016
Tradition
Latin traditio, trans - across tradere - deliver dare - give
ancestry - the origin of an idea, object, phenomenon
a tracing of roots...
