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(DE) ILLUSIONS OF APPEARANCES

Courtesy of Terry Gilliam's "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" (1989) as staged authenticity

"(De) Illusions of Appearances (Series)"

2012

gifs, architecture research, wearable mantel, drawings, paintings, 2D, and 3D sculpture

Breda, the Netherlands: closed facade to a brothel in a residential neighborhood

"Godiva Device"

or 

"Second Skin"

2012

wearable mantel of Auburn hair


...she slipped away and hid herself in her animal skin

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Courtesy of Alfred Hitchcock's "Spellbound" (1945)

"In the Floating Underworld of the Flying Dutchman"

2012

large-scale drawing-painting as sculpture: acrylic, spray paint, graphite, and wax pencil on paper; wood, paint

238 x 158 x 140 cm

93-3/4 x 62-14 x 55-1/16 in.

BACK VIEW

"Indeterminate Facade"

aka

"Plinth-on-Plinth"

aka

"Monument-on-Monument"

2012

styrofoam, kit, wood glue

200 x 54 x 54 cm

78-78 x 21-1/4 x 21-1/4 in.

Breaking the fourth wall, 

courtesy of Peter Weir's "Truman Show" (1998)

"Rationalized Perspectives" 

aka

"The Image of Wealth"

(De) Illusions of Appearances Series

2012

wall diptych: mdf with laminate and faux wood and marble contact stickers

29 x 28 x 2.5 cm

11-3/8 x 11 x 1 in.

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