Untangling
Army jacket, steel, and wood
35” x 78” x 16”
2016

“The seductive visual qualities of the piece are juxtaposed against the destructive traumas of war” – Marilyn Lysohir

What does it mean to take a part a system that creates an object?

It represents a few things: it is an investigation of the system that was created, it is an investigation of the object that was made, it is an investigation of what is left of the object after it has been taken apart. Finally, it is an investigation of all of these relationships.

While thinking about my childhood I started to explore the systems that I have been surrounded by and how they have shaped my behavior. Untangling became a way to personify that exploration.