This piece was made in response to my fascination with objects’ ability to influence people in an abstract, psychological fashion. In my working process, I like to choose materials that can stand in as signs or representations of paint (duct tape, for example, can be a band or field of color on a surface). The initial image of the sculpture is intended to look similar to a brushstroke against the wall that it leans upon.
Its pink, glittery, glossy surface, in tandem with the material – fiberglass wall insulation – elicits emotions of anxiety. The viewer wants to touch and taste the object while simultaneously experiencing repulsion and anxiety due to the potentially hazardous material handling. I have compared the object’s atmospheric influence to minimalism and the abject, but it also has an aura of deeper content that is more abstract and ineffable. Ultimately, the piece’s value is found in the experience of its presence.