‘Paul Bremer’ 

Wood, cast plastic, chipboard, acrylic, mdf, wire, foam, sand, ink

14”W x 24”H x 6”D

2016

‘Paul Bremer’ and ‘I., L.ewis L.ibby’ are brothers –two works in an ongoing series of ruminations on personal trauma and its many reverberations-translated into an architectural / construction lexicon. 
These psycho-cartographical studies each bear the name of a member of the George W. Bush presidential administration-whose eight-year period closely paralleled my own tectonic upheaval. Bremer and Libby are each known for their specific contributions to that epoch’s infamy and the use of their names / roles provided handy conceptual linkage to the ideas I was interested in conveying.
Aesthetically, the works share my obsessive fascination with masonry, pattern, scale, and material mimicry. The subjects derive from my past employment experiences in the construction / architectural industry – which generously provided a host of indelible vignettes.