American House Now! #2 Neighbors, 2011. 14" x 8" x 8". Cardboard, gesso, wood, and plastic.
Made with very rudimentary, refuse type items this sculpture depicts a house frame covered by plastic. This can conjure images of anything from a death shroud, blanket, snow, body bag or a child's ghost costume for Halloween. The act of covering the basic architectural model, made in a style similar to a child's scrawled drawing of a house, suggests I am putting it to sleep. This is a continuation of a running theme I have in my work of protecting items. By burying it or covering it with a sheet it is akin to placing it under the ground or tucking it into bed. It's safe now and monsters of the world can no longer assail it.
Please read more after the break! Lots more pictures and ramblings!
housing tax policy/ deregulation (Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act, Garn–St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982, Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act) / mortgage interest rates/ home ownership mania/ your house is a bank/ historically low interest rates rise/ subprime lending.
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