Portfolio > A Scar is a Question Mark

Your Brick For My Bread
7 pieces of cast concrete, graphite powder
15 x 8 x 8"
2015
Stone Settler
Archival pigment print, graphite, mounted onto aluminum
40 x 45"
2015
Stone Settler (side view)
Archival pigment print, graphite, mounted onto aluminum
40 x 45"
2015
Luck Like Lead
Lead, hand braided silk thread
1 x 8"
2015
Perfection as Absolute
100 sheets of hand drawn graph paper
8.5 x 11 x 2.5"
2015
Perfection as Absolute (installation view)
100 sheets of hand drawn graph paper on wooden pedestal
2015

My work explores cyclical relationships between loss and desire, perfection and fallibility, repetition and rarity. In A Scar is a Question Mark, I reflect upon my relationship with my father and the shape of the scar he bore until his death. The title suggests continuity between the permanence and malleability of memory. In the context of this exhibition, obsessive gestures underscore these relationships and represent a reverence for ritual through hand-drawn lines and enigmatic imagery. Photographs resist representation and sculptures are trompe l’oeil, emphasizing the disconnection between seeing and comprehending while negotiating the boundary between illusion and authenticity. The oscillation between these subtle nuances point to the ephemerality of presence in objects, images, and ultimately ourselves.