Object 2005.02.001
From the Urban Totem series
- Type
- Assemblage
- Year
- 2005
- Materials
- Drywall tape, construction sand, rusty wire, copper wire, acrylic paint
- Dimensions
- 8w × 32h × 5d inches
- Status
- Available
A tall narrow panel. Red cap at top. Dark fields above and below - textured with drywall mesh tape, the kind used to join sheetrock panels. The grid pattern shows through the dark paint. A horizontal band of sand crosses the center.
At the center sits a small wire composition - rusted fence wire and electrical circuit wire formed into a compact shape. It reads as organic, like a dried flower or seed pod, but it's entirely constructed.
Nothing natural here. Red paint, drywall tape, sand, wire - all materials from construction, from human making. Even the thing that appears to have grown was built.