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.
North wall: Breakfast of champions. Tea bags, rope, cotton thread. 6 ft x 30 ft x 1 in; 2024. Thoughts and Prayers. Bleached denim, US military field stretchers, rubber. 8 ft x 18 ft x 3 ft; 2020.
Bert Parks sings, 'There she is, Miss America' Velvet, suede, cotton thread. 42 in x 42 in x 3 in; 2024.
Brigade. 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. 2024.
Waterway. Binding tapes from used denim trousers on pine frame. 24 in x 48 in; 2024.
Detail: Origins of my universe. Hand-stitched denim bowl on pine, rubber and plywood. 20 x 14 x 27 in; 2021.
Origins of my universe. Hand-stitched denim bowl on pine, rubber and plywood. 20 x 14 x 27 in; 2021.
Breakfast of champions. Thread, rope, teabags. 6 ft x 30 ft x 3 in; 2024.
Thoughts and Prayers. Bleached denim, US military field stretchers, rubber. 8 ft x 18 ft x 3 ft; 2020.
Black cat supercharged. Suede, thread. 10 in x 24 in x 5 in; 2024.
Detail: Breakfast of champions. Tea bags, rope, cotton thread. 6 ft x 30 ft x 1 in; 2024.
On US
This is not a statement. It is observation, a probe, and a query. Are we sated yet?
Maybe this is a protestation: To the jacked-up, oversized pickup truck with oversized flags mounted to and waving from the truck bed, I 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