Salt Monoliths 2015-2017

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Alchemic Calcination Monolith

Cast glass, Carrara marble. 15" x 11" x 8" Photo courtesy of Pioneer Works

Alchemic Calcination Monolith, 2017

Cast glass, Carrara marble. 15" x 11" x 8." Photo courtesy of Pioneer Works

Temporal Monolith, 2016

Salt, rough-hewn pine. 51" x 8" x 8." Photo courtesy of Pioneer Works

Support Monolith, 2016

Salt, rough hewn pine. 51" x 8" x 8." Photo courtesy of Pioneer Works

Salt Pelvis, 2015

Salt, rough-hewn pine. 51" x 8" x 8"

Veiled Monolith, 2017

Salt, rough hewn pine, commercial fishing net. 59" x 9" x 9." Photo courtesy of Pioneer Works

Veiled Monolith, 2017

Salt, rough hewn pine, commercial fishing net. 59" x 9" x 9." Photo courtesy of Pioneer Works

Salt Monoliths, 2017

From the 2017 solo exhibition at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, titled Salt Priestess.

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

The salt sculptures 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.