new work in progress

acrylic on wood and Sintra

currently on view at Ro2 Art, Dallas

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section of installation Selected Memories

full scale paper model

this section approx. 8h x 10w x 3.5d feet 

will be acrylic on Sintra and wood when complete

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detail of full scale paper model for the installation Selected Memories

It will be acrylic on Sintra and wood when complete

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detail of installation Selected Memories - work in progress

acrylic on Sintra and wood

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ubu507:

Bis Pole

Date: late 1950s

Indonesia, Papua Province (Irian Jaya), Omadesep village, Faretsj River region

The Asmat honored their dead with feasts and rituals, which both commemorated the deceased and reminded the living to avenge their deaths. The towering Asmat “bis” poles were made for these funeral feasts. The basic form of the bis is an openwork pole incorporating several ancestor figures and a winglike projection that represents the pole’s phallus.
In Asmat belief, no death was accidental. Each death was always caused by an enemy, either through headhunting raids or sorcery. Death created an imbalance in society, which the living had to correct by taking an enemy head. When a village had suffered a number of deaths, it would hold a bis ceremony, which consisted of a series of feasts held over several months. A number of bis poles were carved for the ceremony and displayed in front of the men’s house, where they formed the center of a mock battle between men and women. The poles were kept until a successful headhunt had been carried out and the balance restored. After a final feast, the Asmat abandoned the bis poles in the sago palm groves from which they obtained their primary food. As the poles decayed, their fertile supernatural power seeped into the earth and fertilized the sago trees.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

(this post was reblogged from ubu507)

madelinecoleman:

A 2011 installation at Andrea Rosen by artist Matthew Ronay. (His website has a click-through 3D view of the same, or at least a similar, installation.) 

I just read an interview with Ronay here.

(this post was reblogged from madelinecoleman)

road warrior

acrylic on wood and Sintra

5 x 17 x 12 inches 

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untitled

acrylic on wood and Sintra

19 x 24 inches

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untitled

acrylic on wood and Sintra

19 x 24 inches

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McKinney Ave. Contemporary, Dallas, Tx

photo courtesy Matthew Golden and McKinney Ave. Contemporary

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irreversible change

acrylic on cedar roots and Sintra

McKinney Ave. Contemporary, Dallas, Tx

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irreversible change

acrylic on cedar tree roots and Sintra

McKinney Ave. Contemporary, Dallas, Tx.

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Irreversible change

acrylic on wood and Sintra

McKinney Ave. Contemporary, Dallas until July 7

photo courtesy Matthew Golden and McKinney Ave. Contemporary

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McKinney Ave. Contemporary, Dallas until July 7

Sendai

acrylic on cedar and Sintra

52 x 44 x 19.5 inches

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Pembina Highway

acrylic on Sintra and cedar tree roots

56.5H x 44W X 19.5D inches

at Mckinney Ave. Contemporary, Dallas

thanks to everyone who came out to the opening - great night! 

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