THERE IS AN UNMISTAKABLE THEME RUNNING BETWEEN MY "COLUMN MEMORIUMS" AND THE "BEACH KEEP" SERIES. THAT THEME BEING LOSING, FINDING, AND THEN SAFELY KEEPING. RECENTLY, I HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE SEDUCTION OF DUCHAMP, SLAUGHTERHOUSE VENUE, IN WHICH AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF ARTISTS COLLABORATED INDIVIDUALLY TO CREATE NEW WORKS INFLUENCED BY MARCELLE DUCHAMP. THE SHOW WAS HOUSED IN AN OLD SLAUGHTERHOUSE NEAR HEALDSBURG, CALIFORNIA, NOW OWNED BY THE DUCHAMP WINERY. THE WALLS AND FLOORS BORE SCARS AND STAINS OF ITS FORMER LIFE AND SERVED AS THE BACKDROP FOR THE COLORFUL AND VIVID HOMAGES PAID TO DUCHAMP. HOWEVER, IT WAS THE BACKDROP OF CONCRETE AND THE GHOSTLY PULLEYS, HOOKS, AND HARDWARE THAT HAS IMPALED ITSELF ON MY MIND AND CAUSED ME TO PRODUCE RECENT WORKS IN DELIBERATELY DECONSTRUCTED, UNREFINED CAST STONE AND CONCRETE.

COMPOSITION: BEACH FINDINGS, IRON, STEEL, CONCRETE, STONE. DIMENSIONS: 3" X 3" X 10" HIGH