DEFENSE & PATRIOTISM
The ideals of patriotism, defense and military masculinity have always captured my imagination. I queer this experience through art objects — I’m turning these symbols into pieces of joy, excitement and delight that don't necessarily exist otherwise.
2020, archival pigment print, 16 x 20 inches
2020, archival pigment print, 16 x 20 inches
2020, archival pigment print, 16 x 20 inches
2020, archival pigment print, 16 x 20 inches
2020, archival pigment print, 16 x 20 inches
2020, archival pigment print, 16 x 20 inches
2020, archival pigment print, 16 x 20 inches
2020, archival pigment print, 16 x 20 inches
2020, archival pigment print, 16 x 20 inches
2020, archival pigment print, 16 x 20 inches
F-8 Wildfighter, 2007
Paper, foil, tape, staples, plastic beads and sequins, dimensions variable, 18" x 36" x 2" as shown
USA, 2008
Plastic floral sheeting, aluminum, staples and brass grommets on nylon, 36" x 60"
I Am Protected, 2012
Embossed brass tacks on drywall, 25-1/4" x 19-1/2" x 1/4"
A-9 Flowerhawk, 2007
Paper, foil, tape, staples, plastic beads and sequins, dimensions variable, 18" x 36" x 2" as shown
UK, 2008
Plastic floral sheeting, staples and brass grommets on nylon, 36" x 60"
Wrestlers, 2002
C-print
Armored Dog, 2003
Battery-operated toy dog stripped down to its plastic skeleton decorated with fingernail polish and tinsel pipe cleaners, 5-5/16” x 3-3/4” x 7-1/2”
M16+, 2003
Plastic toy gun rendered impotent by melting and distortion, 8-5/8" x 12-3/8" x 1-15/16"