In 2005 I began making art that was explicitly political. The Iraq War moved me to protest against cruel and pointless waste of life. Since then, the U.S. has indulged in ceaseless aggression. These drawings are in ink, charcoal and pencil on paper, and between 33-55 inches in their longest dimension. Urgency and directness are my watch words. Henry James said, “We work in the dark. We do what we can. We give what we have.”
In my gallery-wide installations I mount drawings in ink, paint and charcoal on paper onto the walls. The drawings are 9 ft tall and cover the gallery walls, usually 20-30 ft long. In this gallery you will also see some details of these drawings. I am trying to portray the vastness of these catastrophic events that victims of war and displacement are dealing with.
These six large drawings are in ink and charcoal on paper –55 in W by 92 in H. The first five drawings describe the layers of war and conquest in French history culminating in WW2. The 6th drawing called A Bite of The Apple, is about the world’s domination by the computer industry.