PAINTING
Ice paintings
Arrow Index
On my volcano grows the grass
Water polo
Graphite, ink, pencil, pigment, and acrylic on linen
Dimensions variable
The series performs the queer body as a dormant volcano turned active, or an active volcano that is not erupting but is expected to erupt again. The ink and graphite paintings are based on images of Mount Saint Helens, which unexpectedly erupted in 1980 causing dozens of deaths and millions in damage, while provoking a surge of popular and scientific interest in volcanology. The works position the immediacy and impulsiveness of desire in relation to the more expansive notions of time invoked by volcanic activity.