stool handmade with found wood [east village - stuyvesant and 3rd ave], vertebra [east village - laguardia pl. and w. 3rd], black coffee table [east village - w. 3rd and macdougal]
denim cushions from couch [east village - e. 9th and 3rd ave]
wicker back wooden rocking chair [bushwick - bushwick ave and pilling st.]; chair/stool with woven rush seat [chelsea - 25th and 10th ave]; painting on canvas stretched over a window frame [bushwick - broadway and moffat st.]
small white wooden cupboard [bushwick - moffat st.]; wooden shelf/bench (can be used vertically or horizontally. got from a friend who moved to israel) [east village - ave A and 7th st.], green wooden panels (from deconstructed shelves) [east village - w. 4th and cooper sq.]; wooden door panel (now painted green and made into a table) [bushwick - broadway and myrtle ave.], exquisite tree branch (that is unusually white, perfect for décor) [dumbo - brooklyn bridge park]
white couch for one person [bushwick - moffat st.], turqoise cushion from sofa (too heavy to carry the whole thing) [bushwick - central ave. and cooper st.], wooden crate [bushwick - bushwick ave.], green carpet (artshow leftovers) [east village - stuyvesant and 3rd ave], wooden table (found without legs) [bushwick - bushwick ave.], carseats (why...) [bushwick - moffat st.]; plastic crate [bushwick - moffat st.]; wooden drawer (can be used as a seat or a shelf) [bushwick - moffat st.]
Immateriality of art is not only my fascination and my exploration of mediums as an artist, but it is also a response to the contemporary state of our society where capitalistic exchange is the core of our economy and daily lives; there is no escaping each of our roles in this system. We involuntarily participate in a perpetual cycle of production and consumption, often to excess. Alongside a recent decision to only purchase second-hand items and local goods, the following images illustrate the objects that I have found on the streets or inherited from a friend over the past year. Giving them a new home, a new life, and giving myself a new way of living, one I hope you will join.
This piece was created for an environmental art journal edited by Taylor Brock and Haley Gaston. The journal was their final project for Professor Jim Tolisano’s fall 2014 Interdisciplinary Seminar “Bridging Culture and Nature”