Detail of Untitled (Set for a Homestead), as installed at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. This work was produced for the exhibition HERE.
Untitled (Set for a Homestead) combines a scale replica of Philadelphia's Market-Frankford elevated train tracks with a series of architectural panels and materials salvaged from a rowhouse in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood. This work took shape as I was in the process of buying and renovating a home in Kensington, and considering the clash of tumbledown old buildings with cheap, flashy new development.
Untitled (Set for a Homestead) 2011. Plywood, steel, acrylic, found objects and mixed media. 16' x 16' x 12.'
Detail of panels at the top of the structure.
Installation view. Works by Abigail Ann Newbold in the background.
Alternate installation of Untitled (Set for a Homestead) as part of ForceField, 2014.
Alternate installation of Untitled (Set for a Homestead) as part of ForceField, 2014.