On U.S.
LAR Gallery
Houston, TX
June 21 - August 17, 2024
Onus: something that is one’s duty or responsibility.
On us: about us, about this group.
On U.S.: about America.
1. Simultaneously an exhortation to, a proposition for, and a celebration of the stakeholders.
2. A probing and an amassing of the questions we ask ourselves as the political landscape of our country shifts shape.
3. Perhaps, a protest.
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North wall
Breakfast of champions
2025
Tea bags, rope, cotton thread.
6 ft x 30 ft x 1 inThoughts and Prayers
2020
Bleached denim, US military field stretchers, rubber.
8 ft x 18 ft x 3 ft -
Bert Parks sings, 'There she is, Miss America'
2024
Velvet, suede, cotton thread.
42 in x 42 in x 3 in
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Brigade
2024
Found quilting fabrics, red baseball caps, found.
Top to bottom:
12 in x 12 in; 10 in x 10 in; 12 in x 12 in -
Black cat supercharged
2024
Suede, thread.
10 in x 24 in x 5 in
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Waterway
2024
Binding tapes from used denim trousers on pine frame.
24 in x 48 in
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Breakfast of champions
2024
Thread, rope, teabags.
6 ft x 30 ft x 3 in
On US
This is not a statement. It is observation, a probe, and a query. Are we sated yet?
Well, maybe this is a protestation. To the jacked-up, oversized pickup truck with oversized flags mounted to and waving from the truck bed that I encountered on the road outside of town, it may be a retort. Here is my flag. Here is my claim, my stake, my share.
This is what I’m saying: This is mine. This place is mine. This land is my land.
5/2/2024