large > space holders

Space Holders were large sculptures made from used cardboard boxes and packaging. The materials were partially transformed but also partially left intact and recognizable. These pieces were vaguely humanoid abstract compositions, hollow husks, with traces of some purpose. The materials used for them are our waste, and there is a lot of it. Large, clumsy things, grown out of proportion, the Space Holders were suspended, both to show a non negotiable presence, as well as a dependance, hinting at responsibility; something or someone must hold them up.
And to continue the life cycle of a cardboard box, the pieces are transitory: they will find themselves in some other life form at one point.

occupational hazard
cardboard, acrylic paint, wood, hardware, rope, rubber, aluminum, flashing
75.5 x 33.5 x 44 inches
2022
occupational hazard (other side)
cardboard, acrylic paint, wood, hardware, rope, rubber, aluminum, flashing
75.5 x 33.5 x 44 inches
2022
Modified presence
cardboard, acrylic paint, wood, hardware, rope, rubber, aluminum, flashing
22 x37 x 76 inches
2022
Modified presence(back)
cardboard, acrylic paint, wood, hardware, rope, rubber, aluminum, flashing
22 x37 x 76 inches
2022
This last one
mixed media
69 x 30 x 40
2022
Added absence(other side)
cardboard, rubber, acrylic paint, hardware, rope
24x 37x 87 inches
2022
Added absence
cardboard, rubber, acrylic paint, hardware, rope
24x 37x 87 inches
2022
Ok, will don't (view 1)
cardboard, aluminum flashing, acrylic paint, wood, hardware
62x 35x 75.5 inches
2022
Ok, will don't (view2)
cardboard, aluminum flashing, acrylic paint, wood, hardware
62x 35x 75.5 inches
2022
Ok, will don't (view3)
cardboard, aluminum flashing, acrylic paint, wood, hardware
62x 35x 75.5 inches
2022