LARGE INDUSTRIAL SANDPAPER SERVES AS THE CANVAS. THICK WHITE PAINT, MIXED WITH SAND, IS POURED AND LEFT TO CRACK AND FLOW FREELY, MIMICKING THE UNPREDICTABLE LOGIC OF EROSION. CONSTRUCTION SITE OBJECTS LIKE MEASURING TAPES, TILE SPACERS, AND NAILS PUNCTUATE THE SURFACE LIKE SIGNS, RELICS, OR EVEN THE ORGANS OF A LIVING FORM. EACH COMPOSITION EMERGES AS A HYBRID, BOTH MAP AND CREATURE. THESE ARTIFICIAL TERRAINS BLEND THE HUMAN AND THE ACCIDENTAL, THE ARCHITECTURAL AND THE ANIMAL, INTO NEW VISUAL TOPOGRAPHIES.

2018
BROHYX

SANDPAPER, PLASTIC PAINT, SAND, TORCH, BULLET, UNFORTUNATE INSECT, COPPER PINS, COLOURED RINGS, CROSSES, NAILS, NUMBERS, LETTERS, LABELS 170 X 196 CM

2020
DRABAQUA

SANDPAPER, PLASTIC PAINT, TAPE MEASURE, CALCULATOR DEVICE PART, NUMBERS 159 X 170 CM

2018
LUNORH

SANDPAPER, PLASTIC PAINT, SAND, TORCH, TAPE MEASURE, COLOURED RINGS, CROSSES, NAILS, NUMBERS, LETTERS, LABELS 168 X 177 CM


PART OF PRIVATE COLLECTION
2017
COATL

SANDPAPER, PLASTIC PAINT, SAND, TAPE MEASURE, COPPER PINS, COLOURED RINGS, CROSSES, NAILS, NUMBERS, LETTERS, LABELS 159 X 170 CM

2018
TALTAL

SANDPAPER, PLASTIC PAINT, SAND, HEADLIGHT, DICE, POCKET CALCULATOR PARTS, PHOTO SLIDES, COLOURED RINGS, CROSSES, NAILS, NUMBERS, LETTERS, LABELS 170 X 182 CM

2018
GLIZION

SANDPAPER, PLASTIC PAINT, SAND, TAPE MEASURE, RESERVOIR CAP, WOODEN RULER, CLOURED RINGS, CROSSES, NAILS, NUMBERS, LETTERS 167 X 186 CM

2018
ZAYTORT

SANDPAPER, PLASTIC PAINT, SAND, REEL TAPE, COLOURED STICKS, COPPER PINS, COLOURED RINGS, CROSSES, NAILS, NUMBERS, LETTERS, LABELS 162 X 176 CM

2017
PRI GROK

SANDPAPER, PLASTIC PAINT, SAND, BLINKER LIGHT, SLIDE RULE, COLOURED RINGS, NAILS, NUMBERS, LETTERS, LABELS
170 X 154 CM

2017
STIGMATA

SANDPAPER, PLASTIC PAINT, SAND, SWITCHES, COLOURED RINGS, NUMBERS, LETTERS, LABELS 151 X 130 CM

2017
SPIRITUS MUNDI

SANDPAPER, PLASTIC PAINT, SAND, MILIAMPEROMETER, COPPER PINS & WIRE, NUMBERS, LETTERS, LABELS 84 X 104 CM

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