Reliquaries 2010 wood fire bricks, plaster, ceramic, decals.
Inspired by Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed the piece Reliquaries creates a scene of the possible destruction of America in the near future. The centralized images are displayed on three Urns meant to hold relics.
In Diamond's work there were three causes that stuck out to me; the Destruction of nature, the corruption of government and the eventual breakdown of society. Each urn depicts a cause through the distortion of a historical image in art history. The Heart of the Andes by Fredrick Church-representation of the destruction of our environment; The Signing of the Constitution by Louis S. Glanzman- representation of the corruption in government, and The Tower of Babel by Bruegel- representation of the breakdown of society.
The urns are placed in the center of a broken down temple. The Doric columns of ancient Rome were used as a starting point. The connection between the fall of Rome and the possible fall of America is present in this piece via the this reproduction.
Inspired by Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed the piece Reliquaries creates a scene of the possible destruction of America in the near future. The centralized images are displayed on three Urns meant to hold relics.
In Diamond's work there were three causes that stuck out to me; the Destruction of nature, the corruption of government and the eventual breakdown of society. Each urn depicts a cause through the distortion of a historical image in art history. The Heart of the Andes by Fredrick Church-representation of the destruction of our environment; The Signing of the Constitution by Louis S. Glanzman- representation of the corruption in government, and The Tower of Babel by Bruegel- representation of the breakdown of society.
The urns are placed in the center of a broken down temple. The Doric columns of ancient Rome were used as a starting point. The connection between the fall of Rome and the possible fall of America is present in this piece via the this reproduction.