Images from exhibition Negotiating Desire

Exhibition View

title and small collage works

                 

State of The Union
sound piece and installation.

Wondering about the subtext of President Bush's State of The Union Address, I slightly altered the original speech deleting and leaving silence in all sections of the speech that did not refer to violence or aggression.  As a result, the extensive violent and aggressive language in the speech are revealed as well as Congress' exuberant and ecstatic response. The viewer listens to the speech while standing at a podium as though they themselves are the speaker.

                    

State of The Union, Part 2
Mandala made out of bullets embedded in gallery wall painted different shades of rose.
14 ft. X 14 ft.

While standing at the podium, the viewer stares at a 14 X 14 ft. Mandala made out of bullets.  This image comes from the well known saying in buddhism that states, "If you see the Buddha on the road, kill him".  There are many interpretations, one of which is: Once the Buddha is separate from you, it is no longer the Buddha. In the installation this also alludes to the question of the annihilation of the self, albeit through tyranny and oppression or through a spiritual and existential search.

Exhibition View

paintings and speakers installed in walls

Exhibition View

paintings and speakers installed in walls