Solo Show New York 2009
Goff+Rosenthal Gallery
Smoke and Mirrors
"All political power is primarily an illusion... Mirrors and blue smoke, beautiful blue smoke rolling over the surface of highly polished mirrors, first a thin veil of blue smoke, then a thick cloud that suddenly dissolves into wisps of blue smoke, the mirrors catching it all bouncing it back and forth... If somebody tells you how to look, there can be seen in the smoke great, magnificent shapes, castles and kingdoms, and maybe they can be yours."
-Jimmy Breslin
from How the Good Guys Finally Won, Notes from an Impeachment Summer (1975)
My work feeds on symbols culled from the annals of Young America, allegorical religious imagery. By taking these symbols out of their original context and layering them together my work creates an arena for debate, personal contemplation and escape from our current socio-political condition. It also questions what these images mean while exploring how they are interpreted and/or rethought within our contemporary context.
Smoke and Mirrors
"All political power is primarily an illusion... Mirrors and blue smoke, beautiful blue smoke rolling over the surface of highly polished mirrors, first a thin veil of blue smoke, then a thick cloud that suddenly dissolves into wisps of blue smoke, the mirrors catching it all bouncing it back and forth... If somebody tells you how to look, there can be seen in the smoke great, magnificent shapes, castles and kingdoms, and maybe they can be yours."
-Jimmy Breslin
from How the Good Guys Finally Won, Notes from an Impeachment Summer (1975)
My work feeds on symbols culled from the annals of Young America, allegorical religious imagery. By taking these symbols out of their original context and layering them together my work creates an arena for debate, personal contemplation and escape from our current socio-political condition. It also questions what these images mean while exploring how they are interpreted and/or rethought within our contemporary context.
