Catalog
2024-2025
As a personal curiosity cabinet, Catalog is both a collection and reflection. On view are various artifacts my family and I have accumulated over the past two decades. Alongside the found plant and animal remains are artworks in progress and stand alone pieces. These relics hold memories and begin to illustrate the continuous back and forth between subject and object, inspiration and output, science and art.
As with many installations within this body of work, the layout of Catalog changes for different venues. At the Douglas County Historical Museum in Superior, WI, the different elements (both artwork and remains) were dispersed alongside other artworks and historical artifacts. The different components also change over time when organic materials dissolve or the art evolves.
Catalog varies greatly in size, depending on the space. Objects and artworks can be added or removed to accommodate the exhibit design.
Photos above, clockwise from top left: On view at Watermark Art Center, 2024; Jaw bone under cloche at Douglas County Historical Museum, 2025; Side view at Watermark Art Center; Scanned image of ungulate teeth; Organ-like form under cloche, Douglas County Historical Museum; Disperse and Catalog together at Watermark Art Center; Detail of artifacts and artworks at Watermark Art Center