Pharmaceutical Work > chandeliers

Space Station
hypodermic needles, U.V. coated gel capsules, swarovski crystal, artist made chandelier chromed at a Harley-Davidson shop
76 x 50 x 50 inches
2008
Space Station(detail)
hypodermic needles, U.V. coated gel capsules, swarovski crystal, artist made chandelier chromed at a Harley-Davidson shop
76 x 50 x 50 inches
2008
Trinity (aka Grandma, Bubbles and Spike)
custom chromed chandeliers, hypodermic needles, gel capsules, swarovski crystals
96 x 96 x 72 inches
2007
Trinity (detail of Grandma's mandala)
custom chromed chandeliers, hypodermic needles, gel capsules, swarovski crystals
96 x 96 x 72 inches
2007
Trinity (detail of Bubbles's Mandala
custom chromed chandeliers, hypodermic needles, gel capsules, swarovski crystals
96 x 96 x 72 inches
2007
Blood, Money and Tears
hypodermic needles, U.V. coated gel capsules, swarovski crystal, artist made chandelier chromed at a Harley-Davidson shop
54 x 96 x 96 inches
2006
Blood, Money and Tears (detail)
hypodermic needles, U.V. coated gel capsules, swarovski crystal, artist made chandelier chromed at a Harley-Davidson shop
54 x 96 x 96 inches
2006
Blood, Money and Tears (mandala)
hypodermic needles, U.V. coated gel capsules, swarovski crystal, artist made chandelier chromed at a Harley-Davidson shop
54 x 96 x 96 inches
2006

The human urge to modify itself has been a primary focus of my collaborative work with Laurel Roth. We have worked together on installations examining the utopian ideals promised by the pharmaceutical industry and recreational drug culture.

This series of chandelier sculptures drips with sparkling hypodermic needles and garlands of swarovski crystal, and colorful gelatin capsules. Viewed from beneath they create colorful mandalas on which to meditate on ones relationship to pharmaceuticals. The beauty of the object from a distance and the repulsion of the individual elements upon closer inspection create the tension of our cultures schizophrenic relationship to drugs.