Sweep Away the Past
24 June 2017

A site-specific exhibition of found historic prints (18th & 19th century), Sculptures made during the initial years of the recession (2008 to 2010), Found ceramic “pebbles” from the Thames (Contemporary to 43 AD) re-framed within a Modernist villa designed by Rudolph Schindler.

Documentation from Sweep Away the Past, an exhibition @ FullHaus, Los Angeles (2015). Check out the Exhibition Essay here.

This Will Be Inspirational (Trust Me) 2010 (Re-contextualized in 2015)

Heat-treated sandstone powder & epoxy composite on MDF frame. Arrangement of worn ceramic “pebbles” found at low-tide along the banks of the Thames, ranging in age from early Roman to Victorian.

A Shit Time, A Brilliant Anecdote 2010 (Re-contextualized in 2015)

Heat-treated sandstone powder & epoxy composite on MDF frame.

Sweep Away the Past               1874 (Re-contextualized in 2015)

Lithograph glued onto ledger paper along with satirical advice column. Attributed to American cartoonist Matthew Somerville Morgan. Found / Framed.

I’ve Seen This Happen In Other People’s Lives And Now It’s Happening In Mine 2010 (Re-contextualized in 2015)

Heat-treated sandstone powder & epoxy composite on MDF frame. Arrangement of worn ceramic “pebbles” found at low-tide along the banks of the Thames, ranging in age from early Roman to Victorian.

I Always Arrive At These Things Too Late                                          2010 (Re-contextualized in 2015)

Heat-treated sandstone powder & epoxy composite on MDF frame.

This Could Be A Day of Historic Importance                                 2010 (Re-contextualized in 2015)

Heat-treated sandstone powder & epoxy composite on MDF frame.Untitled Collection of Pottery Fragments. Age ranges from early Roman to Victorian.

Arrangement of pottery fragments collected at low tide from the banks of the Thames, London (by the Millennium Bridge/Londinium).

A General Prospect of Palmira, from the North West. Printed at Fleet Street & Fetter Lane, London 1750

Copperplate Engraving. Found / Framed

The Ancient City of Palmira, As it Appears Today. Printed at Fleet Street & Fetter Lane, London 1750

Copperplate Engraving. Found / Framed

We Did Some Great Things, Didn’t We?  2010 (Fragment of a sculpture, re-contextualized in 2015)

9’ tall Doric collum