SF Open Studios
Weekend 3 - November 2nd/3rd
Neighborhood: SOMA
Neighborhood: SOMA
SOMA Artists Studios
689 Bryant Street
Studio: 11
San Francisco, CA
689 Bryant Street
Studio: 11
San Francisco, CA
Artist Statement
I am an assemblage artist. I construct my art, often by building boxes containing "saved" bits of Americana: an old toy, a broken gun, a worn baby shoe, a souvenir salt & pepper shaker that someone saved their whold life. These "saved" objects tell stories about aspects of our American culture's history, a history many do not know. Often this shared history includes poverty, racism, inferior roles for women, war and child abuse. I weave a story about someone's life from these old objects to draw the viewer in to witness our contemporary culture's subconscious prejudices.
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Town Hall -
Who was Nancy Green -
The Great Migration -
Bound -
Native Son -
The Shooting Gallery -
Right to Bear Arms -
.jpg "USS America: The USS America is us. We are on the Titanic and instead of hitting an iceberg we hit oil in the form of an abandoned gas station covered in graffiti. The band plays on. This is a side view. 2010 (31\" by 24\" by 8\")")
USS America -
Eve -
Miss Liberty -
Saturday's Child -
2nd Amendment -
Minstrel Show -
Double Bias, Career of Peanut Johnson, First Woman Pitcher -
.jpg "Time to Turn the Page: The carved wood hand is brown and the baseball is old. The stadium is 2nd rate, framed by old coke signs, like many stadiums played in by Negro League teams. This was the \"color line\" in organized baseball's history from its beginning in 1867 until the late 1940's. In 1948 Leroy \"Satchel\" Paige was the oldest rookie to ever play in the majors because of racial segregation during most of his career. In his original 1953 baseball card pictured here, when he played briefly for the St Louis Browns, he was approximately 47. Even when there was talk of inducting him into the Baseball Hall of Fame in the late 1960's, the then commissioner suggested a separate \"Negro\" wing. Because of men like Satchel Paige, the young boy (in this original 1950's photo) questioned a \"separate but equal\" world, symbolized by the Jim Crow character blocking his way.
2012 (23\" by 18\" by 6\")")
Time to Turn the Page -
An American Tale -
Cow Pasture Ball -
Go Ask Alice (view with door open) -
The Birthmark -
Miss Ellen White -
House Divided -
Scottsboro Boys -
Like Father Like Son -
The Hymnal -
Washerwoman's Daughter -
Jubilee -
Night Game -
Land of Opportunity -
Magdalene Laundry -
Go Ask Alice (front view)
.jpg "USS America: The USS America is us. We are on the Titanic and instead of hitting an iceberg we hit oil in the form of an abandoned gas station covered in graffiti. The band plays on. This is a side view. 2010 (31\" by 24\" by 8\")")
.jpg "Time to Turn the Page: The carved wood hand is brown and the baseball is old. The stadium is 2nd rate, framed by old coke signs, like many stadiums played in by Negro League teams. This was the \"color line\" in organized baseball's history from its beginning in 1867 until the late 1940's. In 1948 Leroy \"Satchel\" Paige was the oldest rookie to ever play in the majors because of racial segregation during most of his career. In his original 1953 baseball card pictured here, when he played briefly for the St Louis Browns, he was approximately 47. Even when there was talk of inducting him into the Baseball Hall of Fame in the late 1960's, the then commissioner suggested a separate \"Negro\" wing. Because of men like Satchel Paige, the young boy (in this original 1950's photo) questioned a \"separate but equal\" world, symbolized by the Jim Crow character blocking his way.
2012 (23\" by 18\" by 6\")")
