Salt Priestess, 2017

Solo exhibition at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn

Carved salt, rough-hewn pine, kiln-cast glass, archival inkjet prints

These salt sculptures, made in 2015-2017, honor the relationship between the immaterial (time) and earthen material (salt). Monoliths, typically architectural monuments to vertical power structures, are redefined as small organic monuments to change and softness. The salt is water-carved from industrial blocks intended as a nutritional supplement for livestock. They are ancient and mysterious; cavernous and scarred like wind-eroded desert rockscapes.

Salt is alchemical, representing the body and ritual in mystic traditions. Atop rough-hewn pine, the “salt body” has a figurative presence in space. Glass castings of salt fragments rest precariously atop marble shards, drawing attention to the fragility of the material body.

Ritual performance photographs engage with rural American landscapes.