Portfolio > "Non-Places" Series

This body of work explores the social, physical, and spiritual phenomena of disengagement in public spaces. We routinely pass by others in train stations, malls, and street corners, but are we connecting with one another, and with the inner-self, during these transitions? Common spaces make objective the different forms of solitude that are linked to the ever-expanding urban centers. Forced to inhabit them with others, the distance between people is a reflection of a deeper rift.

Plexiglass is in many public spaces in the form of windows, wall separations, advertising and shop displays. I use it to represent the reality that it creates by stressing what it signifies. While it is employed to organize and divide spaces, its transparency connotes the invisible barriers which isolate individuals from one another.

These spaces are pauses in our routines. We occupy them, embracing pleasure in anonymity, comfort in being aloof, and safety in numbers. Instead of emphasizing unhelpful feelings of alienation, I attempt to bring forward an awareness of the meditative nature of being both immersed in and removed from the activity around us.

GOLDEN CALF
Mixed media on plexiglass, three panels
20” x 24” x 9”
2011
GOLDEN CALF
Mixed media on plexiglass, three panels
20” x 24” x 9”
2011
LIMBO
Acrylic and oil on plexiglass, two panels
27” x 28” x 8½”
2011
LIMBO
Acrylic and oil on plexiglass, two panels
27” x 28” x 8½”
2011
TRUST BUT VERIFY
Mixed media on plexiglass, three panels
20” x 22” x 9”
2011
TRUST BUT VERIFY
Mixed media on plexiglass, three panels
20” x 22” x 9”
2011
SIX ITEMS
Acrylic and oil on plexiglass, three panels
18” x 25” x 9”
2011
SIX ITEMS
Acrylic and oil on plexiglass, three panels
18” x 25” x 9”
2011
CHECKED
Mixed media on plexiglass, four panels
23” x 38” x 11”
2012
CHECKED
Mixed media on plexiglass, four panels
23” x 38” x 11”
2012
PERMANENT PRESS
Acrylic and oil on plexiglass, three panels
19” x 22” x 9”
2011
PERMANENT PRESS
Acrylic and oil on plexiglass, three panels
19” x 22” x 9”
2011
BEYOND
Mixed media on plexiglass, two panels
27” x 28” x 8½”
2012
BEYOND
Mixed media on plexiglass, two panels
27” x 28” x 8½”
2012
DOMESTIC BLISS
Mixed media on plexiglass, four panels
18” x 23” x 10½”
2011
DOMESTIC BLISS
Mixed media on plexiglass, four panels
18” x 23” x 10½”
2011
Install View - Tisch Gallery - Medford, MA
April 2012
Mixed media on plexiglass, four panels
2011
ALL 4 ROAD
Mixed media on plexiglass, four panels
26" X 35" X 8 1/2"
2013
ALL 4 ROAD
Mixed media on plexiglass, four panels
26" X 35" X 8 1/2"
2013
WARP
Oil on plexiglass, three panels, with video installation
17” x 23½” x 15”
2012
WARP
Oil on plexiglass, three panels, with video installation
17” x 23½” x 15”
2012
NEEDS & WANTS
Mixed media on plexiglass, three panels
18.5” x 22” x 9”
2012
NEEDS & WANTS
Mixed media on plexiglass, three panels
18.5” x 22” x 9”
2012
DAILY BREAD
Mixed media on plexiglass, four panels
17” x 36” x 11”
2012
DAILY BREAD
Mixed media on plexiglass, four panels
17” x 36” x 11”
2012
STILL, LIFE
Mixed media on plexiglass, three panels
25” x 17” x 9”
2013
STILL, LIFE
Mixed media on plexiglass, three panels
25” x 17” x 9”
2013
RAPTURE
Mixed media on plexiglass, three panels
19” x 23” x 9”
2012
RAPTURE
Mixed media on plexiglass, three panels
19” x 23” x 9”
2012
ENDLESS
Acrylic and oil on plexiglass, two panels
19” x 36” x 36”
2012
ENDLESS
Acrylic and oil on plexiglass, two panels
19” x 36” x 36”
2012
ENDLESS
Acrylic and oil on plexiglass, two panels
19” x 36” x 36”
2012