pressure field tar paper

Materials Under Pressure

I place materials under pressure and observe the result. Tar paper, mesh, Mylar, paint skins, wood, staples, and wire are subjected to gravity, fastening, incision, compression, and containment. Form is not designed in advance; it emerges as a consequence of stress and contact.

These works abandon pictorial illusion in favor of physical tension. They are less images than events—records of force acting on matter, and matter pushing back. In turn, the room itself comes under pressure.