Alone Together, 2019
Rebar, mortar, stucco, wood, paint, wood, bathtub, earth, grass, concrete
My sculpture and participatory works are inspired by the domestic sphere, what I call the intimate ordinary. Often utilizing and subverting the scale and function of familiar household objects, I consider how objects can represent a person or community while remaining universal. Alone Together combines the vulnerability of the bathtub, a place of solitude, cleansing and reflection, with connection across a divide. Like neighboring houses, the solitary tub and the large community tub are joined by a sidewalk. In this moment of tremendous personal and political division about who belongs where and what bodies can or cannot do, I am curious: Can we come together from a place of vulnerability and contemplation? How do we relate to each other despite our individual differences? And are we really that far away from each other?
For more information about visiting Franconia, visit their website.
Many thanks to all the tremendously wonderful staff and interns at Franconia Sculpture Park! Especially Hugh and AJ- without you there would be no bathtubs! Or sidewalk! Funding provided by The Minnesota States Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, The Jerome Foundation and Franconia Sculpture Park. Thank you!
Photos by Jaffa Aharonov and Franconia Sculpture Park staff
My sculpture and participatory works are inspired by the domestic sphere, what I call the intimate ordinary. Often utilizing and subverting the scale and function of familiar household objects, I consider how objects can represent a person or community while remaining universal. Alone Together combines the vulnerability of the bathtub, a place of solitude, cleansing and reflection, with connection across a divide. Like neighboring houses, the solitary tub and the large community tub are joined by a sidewalk. In this moment of tremendous personal and political division about who belongs where and what bodies can or cannot do, I am curious: Can we come together from a place of vulnerability and contemplation? How do we relate to each other despite our individual differences? And are we really that far away from each other?
For more information about visiting Franconia, visit their website.
Many thanks to all the tremendously wonderful staff and interns at Franconia Sculpture Park! Especially Hugh and AJ- without you there would be no bathtubs! Or sidewalk! Funding provided by The Minnesota States Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, The Jerome Foundation and Franconia Sculpture Park. Thank you!
Photos by Jaffa Aharonov and Franconia Sculpture Park staff
