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work > Alter Altar loft installation

These three works: WHEN THERE WERE BIRDS iv, CONGREGATION, and THREE HUSKS were installed in response to the work in the the threshing aisle installation below as well as to the cathedral like space itself. The installation is accompanied by two poems: St Francis by Stuart Kestenbaum and Antidotes to Fear of Death by Rebecca Elson.

This work was included in my 2023 solo exhibition Alter Altar: 20 Years. Please see the monograph VISUAL POEMS for more information.

When There Were Birds iv (grapevine, horsehair, lead, barbed wire, earth)


When There Were Birds iv (above) Composition for Elie Wiesel (below)


Three Husks and Congregation seen through When There Were Birds iv


Three Husks and Congregation


Congregation (ceramic, earth, pigment, grass, roots)


Congregation (ceramic, earth, pigment, grass, roots)


Congregation (ceramic, earth, pigment, grass, roots)


Congregation (background) seen through When There Were Birds iv


Three Husks and Congregation


Three Husks (detail) (steel, hair, wood)


When There Were Birds iv and Three Husks