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For most of my life, I have done work about human vulnerability as defiant act, in an age when we are all supposed to be "together" all the time, pull ourselves up by our boot straps, etc. This series explores the ultimate taboo in terms of showing vulnerability. I think it is incredibly poetic that when we cry hard, we see blood vessels around our eyes, that is, our insides become visible through our outsides. Each piece in the series also explores a different medium.
For most of my life, I have done work about human vulnerability as defiant act, in an age when we are all supposed to be "together" all the time, pull ourselves up by our boot straps, etc. This series explores the ultimate taboo in terms of showing vulnerability. I think it is incredibly poetic that when we cry hard, we see blood vessels around our eyes, that is, our insides become visible through our outsides. Each piece in the series also explores a different medium.
Crying Man II (detail)
Crying Man II
2005, acrylic & oil on panel, 24 x 18"
Crying Man I
2004, encaustic (wax) paint on board, 24 x 18"
Crying Man I (detail)
Crying Man III
2005, embroidery on red velvet, 24 x 18". David Gorman collection, NYC.
Crying Man III (embroidery detail)
Crying Man IV
2007, oil, black gesso, masonite, 24 x 18”
Crying Man IV (detail)
Futile Fantasy: A Glimmer of Self-Awareness, & The Subsequent Remorse (Copy)
2017, Prismacolor pencil on black Rives BFK paper, 20 x 16". (posters/stickers available in our shop)