Object 2005.02.001

From the Urban Totem series

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.