Made in Translation
Atelier Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2011
Cover Artwork: Deafening Modernism: Embodied Language and Visual Poetics in American Literature,
by Rebecca Sanchez
A book of critical theory published by the NYU Press. (Oct 2015)
Made in Translation investigates perception and how meaning is deciphered. By repeating and reimagining languages in different sculptural and printed media, the artwork visually suggests the insistent and resistant force of letters, codes and words on how we navigate our complex existence.
Common materials, etchings, player piano scrolls, shadows, computer monitors and tickers evoke the gap between what is seen and what is understood.
The images and marks in both the two and three-dimensional work elicit a sense of order as well as orderly growth gone awry.
A book of critical theory published by the NYU Press.
Made in Translation, 2011, copper wire on copper panel, 5'h x 18"w
Made in Translation, Detail
Manual #1, 2011 graphite, pen, gouache, woodcut on Chinese calligraphy paper, 5'h x 14"w
Manual #2, 2011 graphite, pen, gouache, woodcut on Chinese calligraphy paper, 5"h x 18"w
Merck Manual, 2011, torn pages on jute with table and book, 8'h x 36"w