Finally. Its slightly warm outside.
Spring’s been spent with epoxy concrete mixtures, patina samplings, and bronze casting. Sugarcanes and Baseball bats aplenty.
Ive created an Instagram for Para Roberto - @ParaRobertoBx. It will be the place where ill post about the monument from concept to completion. Like and Stay Tuned.
Below’s a sneak peek from my most recent visit to the Polich Tallix foundry in Upstate NY. No patina. No coatings. A freshly welded work in progress.
…and some sugarcanes peeking out from the side ;-)
The oversized “Abuelo” chair for Para Roberto. Made from casted baseball and stickball bats. “pinky”balls included.
On another note…
I am delighted to be in a group show, Hand and I, at Dorsky Curatorial in Long Island City. I have 3 works - including 2 brand new large-scale wood embroideries - fresh off my residency at Wave Hill this winter.
Orinoco, 2019. Embroidery on Wood Panel, 30” x 40”.
Inspired by the recent uprisings and political upheval of Venezuela, I embroidered the country as an oil spill running off the side of the work, relating the country’s inherent sovereignty with the corporate greed which seeks to destroy it.
