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Left Leg
30 in. × 40 in. Lambda print. 2010.
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Tarnished Arm
20 in. × 16. in. Lambda print. 2010.
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Arm Brace
26 in. × 20 in. Lambda print. 2010.
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Metal Foot
24 in. × 20 in. Lambda print. 2010.
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Arm Wrap
20 in. × 16 in. Lambda print. 2010.
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Metal Elbow
20 in. × 16 in. Lambda print. 2010.
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Carved Arm Splints
20 in. x 16 in. each. 2 piece typology. Lambda print. 2010.
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Arm
22 in. × 29 in. Lambda print. 2010.
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Right Arm I
24 in. × 22 in. Lambda print. 2010.
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Right Arm II
34 in. × 22 in. Lambda print. 2010.
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Right Arm III
34 in. × 22 in. Lambda print. 2010.
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Typology I
16 in. × 20 in. each. 9 piece typology. Lambda print. 2010.
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Wrists + Hands
20 in. × 96 in. Lightjet Prints
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Wrists
Typology: 20 in. × 48 in., Each: 20 in. × 16 in. Lightjet Print
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Six Forearms
Typology: 40 in. × 48 in., Each: 20 in. × 16 in. Lightjet Prints
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Forearm I
20 in. × 16 in. Lightjet Print
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Forearm II
20 in. × 16 in. Lightjet Print
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Forearm III
20 in. × 16 in. Lightjet Print
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Forearm IV
20 in. × 16 in. Lightjet Print
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Forearm V
20 in. × 16 in. Lightjet Print
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Forearm VI
20 in. × 16 in. Lightjet Print
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Installation at Stephen Wirtz Gallery. Photography by Phil Bond philbondphotography.com
Reparations
Installation at Stephen Wirtz Gallery. Photography by Phil Bond philbondphotography.com
Reparations
Installation at Stephen Wirtz Gallery. Photography by Phil Bond philbondphotography.com
Reparations
2010
These photographs address ideas of reparation and repair through the metaphor-rich object of the splint. From crudely carved wooden slabs to high-tech, molded polymer forms the splint references both injury and health; harm and healing. This is a response to the perpetual presence of images of war. These photographs reference physical traces of efforts to heal physically, culturally, and spiritually.
Each of the objects photographed was constructed to repair a fissure or fracture. They were designed to map onto the human body; to support its recovery and repair or to act as an anatomical extension to a broken body. As such, these splints and prostheses are corporeal traces, clues to various processes of reparation.
The passage of time and changing attitudes towards medicine and technology can also be read through these objects’ materiality. Their aesthetic derives from the attitude of the era of their creation. This work speaks to both changing means in coping and our remarkable resilience as humans and as a society.