series VII mixed media with weathered wood
Sculptures begin with found wood that is then worked hard: burned, bound, painted, nailed and gauged. The smudged and muted colors that are worked into the wood- burnt red, white, and yellow to name a few - are reminiscent of African forms of body decoration.
Like ceremonial tools, antique weapons or the architectural fragment of indigenous dwellings. The sculptures are grounded in a sense of place that feels far removed from the polished hyperactivity of first-world societies. Attention is drawn toward the South, focusing us on the migrations and divergences of Jewish diaspora and the tribal routes of Jewish culture.
Like ceremonial tools, antique weapons or the architectural fragment of indigenous dwellings. The sculptures are grounded in a sense of place that feels far removed from the polished hyperactivity of first-world societies. Attention is drawn toward the South, focusing us on the migrations and divergences of Jewish diaspora and the tribal routes of Jewish culture.
