THE HERETICS

These are a few of the twenty some busts I named after the many Christian heresies.
These three are The Gnostic, The Manachian, and The Antinomian for example. They all looked to earnest and self righteous I couldn't resist. Their interiors are solid wood and the exteriors are steel cans pounded and nailed to the wooden armatures. I showed these at Somerhill Gallery in Chapel Hill in 1996.
steel heads, life size, 1995

The Manachian, wood, painted steel, 1995

The Gnostic, wood, painted steel skin, 1995, 18"x10"x10"

THE GOURD ARCHIVE

This is an installation of illuminated hardshell gourds that I have shown in New York at the Helen Harwood Gallery, in Durham at the Modern Museum, and the North Carolina Museum of Art. Each gourd has a diarama and text embedded in the interior with an electric light for viewing. The lenses are from old projectors, guns scopes, and security viewers.
The Gourd Archive, electrified gourd peepshows, all 1996

homemade book inside gourd 

gourd interior, collage, globe, homemade book 

Hardshell gourd, lens, door knob, electrical switch 

gourd interior: stuffed birds, homemade book 

Hardshell Gourd, lens, electrical switch 

gourd interior: collage 

Hardshell gourd, rifle sights,felectrical switches 

gourd interior: collage, homemade book, copper head, doll arm 

Hardshell gourd, lens, light and switches 

gourd interior: paper, homemake book 

Gourd Book, hardshell gourd, binoculars, lighting switch and bulb, interior diarama 

The Gourd Archive,installation view, 1996, gourds, lenses, lighting apparatus

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