Exhibitions > Cleaning the Curtain with Toilet Water

Cleaning the Curtain with Toilet Water is about a hybrid planet that is virtually destroyed. This work explores trash, decay and a morbid playfulness. The installation depicts a person putting together a set for a theatre. The person building the set uses materials readily found in their environment. A decapitated head is easily attainable and useful as a counter weight. The head is attached to a rope and pulls up a curtain containing several animal rib cages and the imprint of a forgotten body. The hollow space of a carcass trapped under layers of burlap, plaster, and house paint echo the body, inflicting environmental deterioration. This reflects the world we live in today, a cycle of constant creation, consumption, and disposal.

Cleaning the Curtain with Toilet Water is about the imprint that trash and waste have on our planet and especially our bodies.
Plaster, burlap, canvas, rope, wood, wire and Acrylic Paint.
7'x14'x20'
2010
Cleaning the Curtain with Toilet Water (Detail 1)
Plaster, burlap, canvas, rope, wood, wire and Acrylic Paint.
7'x14'x20'
2010
Cleaning the Curtain with Toilet Water (Detail 2)
Plaster, burlap, canvas, rope, wood, wire and Acrylic Paint.
7'x14'x20'
2010
Cleaning the Curtain with Toilet Water (Detail 3)
Plaster, burlap, canvas, rope, wood, wire and Acrylic Paint.
7'x14'x20'
2010
Cleaning the Curtain with Toilet Water (Detail 4)
Plaster, burlap, canvas, rope, wood, wire and Acrylic Paint.
7'x14'x20'
2010
Cleaning the Curtain with Toilet Water (Detail 5)
Plaster, burlap, canvas, rope, wood, wire and Acrylic Paint.
7'x14'x20'
2010
The Floating Head of the Architect
Carved Plaster and Fishing Line
37” x 7” x 9”
2010
The Floating Head of the Architect (Detail 1)
Carved Plaster and Fishing Line
37” x 7” x 9”
2010
Study of Trash and Bone Pile
Charcoal
56" x 24"
2010
A Drawing I Made in a Dream
Ballpoint pen on Paper
18" x 24"
2010