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2019 RAIR Fellowship Resident

The Artifact Labyrinth: Unfixed Histories and the Language of Transformation

at STUDIO LÀ CITTÀ, Verona

Recent:

Dave Hardy, Letha Wilson and Keiji Uematsu

at GALERIE CHRISTOPHE GAILLARD, Paris

Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship 2018-2019

Pollock-Krasner Grantee 2018-2019

The Artifact Labyrinth: Unfixed Histories and the Language of Transformation

Dave Hardy · Dave Kennedy · Elizabeth Moran · Abbey Williams / curated by Jacob Hashimoto

installation view / photo Michele Alberto Sereni / Studio la Città – Verona

Neck Pillow, Galerie Christophe Gaillard, 2017 photo by Rebecca Fanuele

Pisa, 2017, glass, cement, polyurethane foam, ink, wood, metal, pencils, tire, coconuts, urethane resin, aluminum, found objects, salvaged shelves, 8 x 14 x 3 feet (variable)

Mountain, 2014, 85 x 60 x 28 inches,
Glass, cement, polyurethane foam, tint, ink, tape, pencil, pen, aluminum, salvaged shower

photo by Rebecca Fanuele

Blue Back, 2016, polyurethane foam, cement, glass, glue, tape, ink, oil clay, highlighters
56 x 20 x 12 inches
photo by Rebecca Fanuele

Chaudfontaine, 2017, glass, cement, polyurethane foam, wood, plastic crates, pencil, rubber spacers, 15 x 9 x 7 feet (height variable)

Sculpture uses tension to stand, as a shipping crate appears to be pressed against gallery ceiling by two tall panels of glass. An anthropomorphic form (foam saturated with cement) is suspended between the glass pieces that push into it. Lighghts 2014 in background, at Galerie Christophe Gaillard in Paris.
Photo by Rebecca Fanuele

That a Dead Man Sings, 2017, glass, cement, polyurethane foam, ink, aluminum, wood, steel, marker, linoleum, 50 x 56 x 36 inches (height variable)
A floor-to-ceiling architectonic sculpture installed in front of a teller’s desk inside of a vacant office space once belonging to a regional bank. Site-specific work at Queens Museum at Bulova Corporate Center.

Giza, 2017, cement, polyurethane foam, steel, tint, tape, pencil, wood, glass, bank lobby door, faux stone table, 84 x 48 x 36 inches

Tall pieces of glass are precariously held together by a knot of foam that has been saturated with cement. The structure holds up a glass door from a Chase Bank and sits on top of a faux stone table.

Pink Pencil, 2017, cement, polyurethane foam, aluminum, glass, tint, pencil, tape
28 x 16 x 7 inches

Untitled, 2014, 9 x 28 x 8 feet
Glass, cement, polyurethane foam, tint, tape, marker, metal

Sculpture is wedged between ceiling and floor of Regina Rex in NYC. It is an assemblage/tension structure made from cement, glass, and salvaged materials.

Untitled (Do Not Sit On Ledge), 2017, 154 x 38 x 18 inches
Glass, cement, polyurethane foam, ink, tints, metal, pretzels, CA glue, wood, salvaged table base

A series of conjoined, wall-mounted phone booths, delineated by glass panels and stripped of their obsolete payphones, serves as a literal framework for a site-specific four part sculpture. Installed at the Queens Museum at Bulova Corporate Center.

Great Falls, 2016
polyurethane foam, glass cement, ink, wood, aluminium, coin
20 x 31 x 10 inches
photo by Rebecca Fanuele

Exes, 2014
glass, cement, polyurethane foam, tint, tape, aluminum, pencil, and grease pencil
14 x 12 x 8 inches

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Tract, 2016
polyurethane foam, glass, cement, ink, wood, aluminium
17 x 10 x 13 inches

Greatfalls (detail), 2016
polyurethane foam, glass cement, ink, wood, aluminium, coin
20 x 31 x 10 inches

Photo by Rebecca Fanuele

Lighghts, 2014
glass, cement, polyurethane foam, tint, tape, aluminum, and car lighter
73 1/2 x 21 x 10 inches

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Heavy Balls, 2005-2017
Rubber and sand.
Dimensions Variable

Dave Hardy, Untitled (Hippy Pants), 2013, cement, polyurethane foam, foam, glass, ink, tape, pencil, marker, pretzel, 130 x 79 x 14 inches

Blue Coconut, 2016, coconut, glass, cedar, cement, tint, ink, polyurethane foam, vinyl, tape,
50 x 32 x 22 inches

Six, 2016
polyurethane foam, glass, cement, tint, wax paper, tape, glue stick, coconuts
59.5 x 16 x14 inches
photo by Rebecca Fanuele

Cernuous, 2017
cement, polyurethane foam, aluminum, glass, tint, paint, wood, pencils, pens,
pretzel, CA glue, gum package
37 x 34 x 7 inches
photo by Rebecca Fanuele

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Pretzel Tower, 2014, pretzels, ca glue, glass cement, bamboo skewers, steel stand, sandbag, tint, 28"x 16" x 14" (93" x 16" x 22" with steel stand)

Chock, 2016, polyurethane foam, cement, glass, tape, ink, rubber chock, 51.5 x 21 x 12 inches

U, 2001, sign letter, brace, piling, Sign/brace 14’x 9’x 6’
Installed in Bay off San Francisco, CA

The Bathers, 2012, glass, polyurethane foam, cement, tape, paint, marker, dirt, 44 x 43 x 31 inches

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Manila, 2013, Glass, Oak, Fir, cement, polyurethane foam, paint, storm windows,
marker, tape, 61 x 60 x 27.5 inches

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Chinook, 2012, cement, clay, glass, wood, polyurethane foam, acrylic paint, 51 x 98 x 31 inches

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U, 2001, sign letter, brace, piling, Sign/brace 14’x 9’x 6’
Installed in Bay off San Francisco, CA

I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On, 2013, glass, cement, polyurethane foam, ink, paper, fixtures,
cork, 69 x 48 x 20 inches

Hunky-dory, 2013, Glass, cement, polyurethane foam, ink, tint, metal, glue, pretzel, 86 x 57 x 33 inches

Freestanding tension structure uses cement-saturated foam to hold thick glass panels upright, with a pretzel as its fulcrum.

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Soft Monument, 2011, polyurethane foam, glass, carpet tiles, steel,
10.5' x 5' x 3'

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Gjetost, 2013, glass, polyurethane foam, cement, ink, wood, metal fixture, 48 x 38 x 18 inches

Kaylee, 2012
Glass, polyurethane foam, pretzel rod, pencils, cement, ink, paint, tape
87 x 69 x 12 inches
at Bortolami, NYC

Verge D’Or, 2012,
glass, tape, wood, polyurethane foam, cement, pen, pencils, ink, marker, 93 x 52 x 39 inches

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Swan, 2014
glass, cement, polyurethane foam, tint, aluminum, tape, pencil, and pretzel
77 x 31 x 14 inches

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Untitled (Pencil), 2016
polyurethane foam, aluminum, glass, cement, tint, ink, clay, pencil
15.5 x 11.5 x 6 inches

Venus Paradise, 2012, glass, polyurethane foam, cement, wood, tape, pencils, watercolor set, display stand, 91.5 x 33 x 20 inches

Cutout , 2014, Glass, cement, polyurethane foam, tint, tape, pencil, wood, 31 x 36 x 30 inches

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