I will have new work on view at PULSE miami in booth B-103, with Schroeder Romero & Shredder. The work, a detail of which is pictured above and the full piece pictured on my home page is entitled The American Jobs Act, part 1. 

On the surface, this drawing is deeply seductive. It offers a panoramic view of wheat, filling the picture plane with curving stalks nearly to the point of abstraction. But this natural scene is troubled by an incursion of locusts and the realization that the wheat on the right-hand side of the drawing has been denuded of grain. Moreover, like most of my drawings, this one is composed entirely out of minuscule, handwritten words -- in this case, those words are copied directly from President Obama’s jobs bill, which is currently being debated in congress. As the culmination of two years of research and political compromises, the bill represents an incredible amount of labor (and is about labor, as well). Yet few people will actually read this bill, even those debating its merits. It is as technical as it is long. Looking closely at this drawing, one can get snippets of this technical language. Stepping back, one can get a sense of its comprehensive breadth -- and the effort expended by the technocrats who worked on it. Ideas of labor, especially that which takes place underneath the level of everyday appreciation, are at the center of my work. This work transcends the visual delights of its composition because of this labor -- labor that goes vastly unperceived. The image of a plague of locusts beginning its own destructive labors offers an unsettling image as the actions proposed by this bill are dismantled and inaction becomes the rule of the day.

Location

PULSE Miami, booth B-103

The Ice Palace
1400 North Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
Media and Entertainment District

Fair Hours

Thursday, December 1

Private Preview 10am-1pm

open to public 1pm -   7pm

Friday, December 2

11am - 7pm

Saturday, December 3

11am - 7pm

Sunday, December 4

11am - 5pm