The Recollector currently sits within a collaborative project spearheaded by Ryan Griffis entitled ‘When the Landscape Recognizable Today Was Shaped'. The Recollector is a sculptural embodiment of a speculative narrative in which the discovery of a seed whose plant grows underground broadcasts the memory of the earth through handmade tools of technology fashioned from whatever the maker has on hand.
This work emphasizes the importance of wrestling with competing narratives identity at a time when history and truth are manipulated to benefit existing power structures.
Various dimensions
Materials: found objects, land survey tools, urethane resin, foam, wool, steel, paper pulp, marking whiskers, wood, textiles, bottle caps, vintage head phones, etc..
Mourning Glory
Concrete, Foam, bulls horn, wood, textiles, rope, sparklers, acrylic paint, Plasti-dip
Pedestal: 32” x 22” x 22”
Work: 18” x 20” x 20”
QuienNoSabe is an inaccurate self-portrait. He's a sparring partner, a poser, the real deal, a champ, and a chump. His name comes from the name "Ke-mo-sa-bee" (Lone Ranger). No one really knows where Ke-mo-sa-bee really comes from.
5’ x 24” × 24”
Materials:
paper mache
wood
needle felted wool
steel
textiles
conctrete
found objects
concrete baleros (perinola)
This work is about identity construction and masculinity. I'm emotionally ambivalent toward sneaker culture. I think it's interesting how a sneaker collection can simultaneously signify individual identity, social conformity, extraction, celebration, social agency, and corporate manipulation. Some of these shoes are mine, friends donated some, and some were purchased second-hand on eBay.
48” x 30” x 30”
Materials:
sneakers
wood
I wanted to make an 'Earth Rover' in response to the idea of colonizing Mars. Entering 'rover' into Google Translate (English to Spanish) gives you the word 'vagabond'.
This is my response to the Mars Vagabond; El Vagabundo Del Mundo.
28” x 24” x 24”
Materials:
Janitor bucket
rope
wire
chord from a sombrero
chain
soccer ball
oil paint marker
wood
emergency blanket
ocote pine sticks
lawn mower blade machete
bull horns
textiles
I used to try to balance my way down the side of my Abuelo's driveway, which was lined with railroad ties. Their couch looked just like this fabric.
22” x 15” x 8”
Materials:
concrete
bull's horn
golf ball
metallic ribbon
waxed thread
steel
railroad tie
earplugs
foam
Materials:
railroad tie
fiberglass lawn rods
emergency blankets
shoe strings
concrete flag
broom handle
rope
wood
wire
cushion foam
resin
satellite mount
sticks
military fatigue textile
I was raised with a high level of religious expectation. Both of my parents are catholic apostates and evangelical converts. The idea of disobeying a cosmic imperative scared me as a child. At the same time, I was taught to be fearful of what the outside white world might do to me if I acted 'too Mexican.' If I liked rap music and oriented my stylistic choices toward something that could be interpreted as 'gangster,' then the cat would be out of the bag, and I'd get thrown in jail for nothing.
Materials:
wood
moving blanket
ocote pine sticks
sombreros
textiles
gloves
religious objects
steel
foam
Materials:
railroad ties
bulls horns
rubber
textiles
ratchet strap
furniture dolly
steel
calf weaner
This work is about awkwardness and fitting things together that are similar but different.
Materials:
hub caps
soccer cleats
mop heads
wood
american flag
