features 3 sculptures in formation
From left to right:
Le Dit de la Rose
Pewter
11’
2022
Peltasts
Pewter
58” x 39”
2022
Triremes
Pewter
9’
2022
Draped tires ornamenting wildlife foraged from the shoulders of Interstate-95 are fixed onto wooden frames, nailed, reformed and molded. Pewter sears the surface of the vulcanized rubber showcasing a myriad of alchemical color changes to the facing of the cast. Wallowing with light, hints of gold, purple and silver. Impurities rooted on the remnants of the tires are slagged upon contact with the pewter tracing the action of the object. The molten pewter drains along the grooves and sipes following the momentum of the reconstructed tire until the lulled metal is ferociously drilled apart from the mold, unveiling the patterning of the tread.
Pairing the found tires with the experimental material, Pewter, makes the casting process infinite, resilient, resourceful and returning. Transforming refuse into new commodities, the still pewter sculptures call forth legacies of transportation, migration, and its craftsman. The works consider the political economies of raw materials and their histories in circulation in a transnational context. The casts are returned to the horizontal plane, creating a revised landscape of the found tires, and laid to rest in the myth of Avalon.
Le Dit de la Rose
Pewter
11’
2022
Triremes
Pewter
9’
2022
Peltasts
Pewter
58” x 39”
2022
Avalon
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