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Hop on, Let's Ride

Big Rock Sculpture Park on the campus of Pulaski Technical College in Little Rock, Arkansas

real comforter

my wife’s blanket made from my ex-girlfriend’s dress, that I lost my virginity under, a 1986 GE television playing a dvd ofNBC’s Friday Night Lights

Brandi, won't you?

oobie boobie double loobie, ollies are hard shred the gnar

A skateboard bowl you can’t skate, an above-ground-pool you can’t swim in, and a giant boob with no sex appeal, but possesses a nipple that can’t go untouched. All of which fictitious versions of themselves.

he loved her like he knew her

cast plastic, rubber vagina, velvet

don't let go for the world

chain link fence, video of a sunset at "make out point," lace projection

bellflower

site specific installation for concourse B skylight at Albany International Airport.

fabric, foam, tissue paper

nothing could drag me away from the soft glow of electric sex in the window

mirrored turntable, oak legs, vinyl, Chanel purse, iPhone playing video performance of a man trying to recreate every accidental celebrity crotch-shot available on the internet.

sock 'n balls

bridled harvest

Barn siding, leather, sheepskin, Bondo, spray-paint can, video of an empty stall

Drawing

Memories, degrading with each passing second, evolve into fantasy.

Appropriately, through a repetitive process of physical and digital manipulation, these drawings question their own authenticity while allowing the subjects within their images to remain in the now...and now...and now...

Mondo

Tyvek, emergency blanket, hose, feather boa, beach-ball, pantyhose, wood, paper

capturing the big one

vinyl, sailcloth, fish netting, led lights, an audio track of field recording of frogs transformed into a dubstep  

tickle he lips to make her giggle

each element in this installation come together in a choreographed dance.

a sound activated motor causes the paper form, attached to the wall, to jiggle like a dashboard hoola dancer, while a timer sets the steel component off producing light from two bright spot lights while violently oscillated.  The third element is a projection of a thirty second clip, Marisa Tomei dancing with a striper-pole from the Wrestler, slowed and stretched out to last two minutes.

just the She

Timers control the photo lights and a blower that inflates the form on a bike.  Without the bright lights of attention the form deflates and sags.

RubHer here

batting, rubber, mahogany, candy dish, Canadian Mints, doily, and projection of doily 

Legs is to Dangle as Toes is to Skim

wood, rope, steel, shag carpeting, moss, fabric

squeaky box spring

used box-spring, motor, audio track- artists attempt to make squeaky spring noises for an hour.

Freud was a fraud, except for all that sex stuff

cast plaster legs, vinyl, plywood, bucket, steel, fabric, lightbulb, projection of a prayer rug

canadian bacon

marshmallow anvil, canadian bacon, 8 lbs wet noodle, video screen presenting a script for a performance that never occurred.  

Do these jeans make me look fat?

stoneware, steel, pantyhose

nightlight

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Big Rock Sculpture Park

on the campus of Pulaski Technical College

Little Rock Arkansas

lunch is on the grass

Hop on, Let's Ride

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real comforter

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Brandi, won't you?

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oobie boobie double loobie, ollies are hard shred the gnar

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he loved her like he knew her

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don't let go for the world

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bellflower

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nothing could drag me away from the soft glow of electric sex in the window

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sock 'n balls

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bridled harvest

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Drawing

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Mondo

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capturing the big one

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tickle he lips to make her giggle

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just the She

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RubHer here

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Legs is to Dangle as Toes is to Skim

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squeaky box spring

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Freud was a fraud, except for all that sex stuff

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canadian bacon

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Do these jeans make me look fat?

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nightlight

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