description
vestige, 2009

graphite & acrylic on bedsheets, dimensions variable

Civitella Ranieri, Italy

fragment (mom), detail

approximately 102 X 90 inches (259 x 228 cm)

unknown civilian (self-portrait), detail

102 X 90 inches (259 x 228 cm)

bicycle (dad), detail

approx. 102 X 90 inches (259 x 228 cm)

gallery installation view, Charlie's Angels (of History)

approximately 102 X 90 inches (259 x 228 cm)

young boy (self-portrait with shrapnel)

pillow case, 33 X 19 inches (84 x 48 cm)

family portrait

102 X 90 inches (259 x 228 cm)

family portrait (detail)

102 X 90 inches (259 x 228 cm)

dead soldier (self-portait), detail

102 X 90 inches (259 x 228 cm)

temple (mom and me)

approx. 102 X 90 inches (259 x 228 cm)

temple detail

This series of life-sized drawings and paintings on used bedsheets is based on old family photographs and archival images. It is a musing on the afterlife of trauma, the politics of representation, and traces of wars past and present.