A participatory show in which the viewer is invited to purchase cushions out from under gallery goers.
A note on the iced coffee Protagonist:
“half-gone and wasted status accessory and potentially undrinkable iced coffee as the protagonist in a story still being written. Its parts are all contentious given that the container and straw are plastic and major ocean pollutants and the coffee is a globally fraught commodity requiring a lot of energy. These soon-to-be extinct elements compose a significant part of the American ideal: a sated consumer with an iced coffee in one hand and a screen in the other.”
“Spectator Bench 1”, Installation view (detail) with “Spectator in the Commons Turner 1” 2018, bleach, acrylic on dyed canvas, foam wood, hardware“Spectator Bench 1” (Detail)LYBL: Spectator in the Commons, Installation view with Video, “Self Check Out (Video)”, 2015, Wood, Enamel, Monitor, video, 34 mins. Edition of 3“Self Check Out (Video)”, 2015 Description: Non narrative segments of all the Tarrence Mallick Films edited together in chronological order. All being shown to an iced coffee in the foreground. 33 Minutes. LYBL: Spectator in the Commons (Installation view)LYBL: Spectator in the Commons“Liberty lipstick 1 (orange)” 2018, Acrylic on Belgian Linen, 12” x 8” (Top) and “Spectator in the Commons Piranesi 1” 2018, bleach, acrylic on dyed canvas, foam wood, hardwareLYBL: Spectator in the Commons (viewers)After making a sale, I asked a woman to please move so that I could remove the cushion and sell it. “Liberty lipstick 1 (red)” Acrylic on Belgian Linen, 12” x 8”LYBL: Spectator in the Commons“I love My Daughter 1” 2018, Acrylic on Belgian Linen, 12” x 8”“The start of longing” 2018, Acrylic on Belgian Linen, 12” x 8”“The Freedom to Represent Cognitive Dissonance”. Edition of 10, published by Pressure Club Press and Grayson Cox
