The subject matter of a small boulder pierced with arrows atop a disheveled stack of clutter and draped with fallen bunting communicates “after-the-fact” qualities of defeat and absurdity. Wood, paper, string, paint, foam.
This piece references Carolyn Forche's poem "Museum of Stones" and Charles Simic's poems "Stone" and "Solving the Riddle." Insulation foam, paint, wood.