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STATEMENT OF WORK
I was born with congenital defects of the heart, requiring two separate open-heart surgeries as an adult. Unfortunately these procedures resulted in complications. On April 21, 2014 I had my first stroke. Physically I was perfect, but I couldn’t speak. The only thing I could say was : sorry and thank you. My second stroke was two years after. Again, I had Aphasia, and remained in speech therapy for years.
Unable to communicate clearly, I have developed a vision that initiates creativity which meshes seemingly unrelatable items into works of art.
I have been expressing myself by forming small sculptures. The majority of the assembled structures are objects found in the streets, parks, and trash cans of Brooklyn. Each discarded relic has been an exciting find for me. The cojoined artifacts are labeled, measured, and described in detail. The finished pieces may appear crude and childlike, so the results may appear playful.
The titles assigned to the pieces are important and relevant, They encourage the viewer to ponder and think in order to decipher the code language. The correlation between sculpture and title is often imbued with humor, wit and sarcasm. Thus, there is an invitation to let the observer's mind flow freecly, and determine whether one can ascertain a similar theory, or develop an individual one.