Bell Flower Study II
Lime plaster, wood lath and plywood
12in x 12.25in x 2.5in /
2024
This handmade lime plaster panel is part of a series exploring the beauty, but also the darker histories that lie beneath European ideals of beauty embedded in colonial architecture of the United States.
The Bell Flower chain is a ubiquitous ornament, recurring in the plaster work of Robert Adam and embraced by neoclassicists since the 18thCen. The bell flower is a symbol of gratitude.
Classical ornament is embedded in the psyche of people all over the world—an artifact of colonialism that still defines places today. Artworks like this one come out of my own internalized architectural Eurocentrism, and my disdain for this very attraction to notions of European ideals of beauty.
For me, making these architectural details freehand, is a sort of re-remembering and reworking these harmful narratives, and rewriting the narrative to be more relevant to us today.
This artwork ships ready-to-hang. Please note this artwork is traditional lime plaster and wood, and weighs ~6lbs / 2.75kg.
Lime plaster, wood lath and plywood
12in x 12.25in x 2.5in /
2024
This handmade lime plaster panel is part of a series exploring the beauty, but also the darker histories that lie beneath European ideals of beauty embedded in colonial architecture of the United States.
The Bell Flower chain is a ubiquitous ornament, recurring in the plaster work of Robert Adam and embraced by neoclassicists since the 18thCen. The bell flower is a symbol of gratitude.
Classical ornament is embedded in the psyche of people all over the world—an artifact of colonialism that still defines places today. Artworks like this one come out of my own internalized architectural Eurocentrism, and my disdain for this very attraction to notions of European ideals of beauty.
For me, making these architectural details freehand, is a sort of re-remembering and reworking these harmful narratives, and rewriting the narrative to be more relevant to us today.
This artwork ships ready-to-hang. Please note this artwork is traditional lime plaster and wood, and weighs ~6lbs / 2.75kg.
Lime plaster, wood lath and plywood
12in x 12.25in x 2.5in /
2024
This handmade lime plaster panel is part of a series exploring the beauty, but also the darker histories that lie beneath European ideals of beauty embedded in colonial architecture of the United States.
The Bell Flower chain is a ubiquitous ornament, recurring in the plaster work of Robert Adam and embraced by neoclassicists since the 18thCen. The bell flower is a symbol of gratitude.
Classical ornament is embedded in the psyche of people all over the world—an artifact of colonialism that still defines places today. Artworks like this one come out of my own internalized architectural Eurocentrism, and my disdain for this very attraction to notions of European ideals of beauty.
For me, making these architectural details freehand, is a sort of re-remembering and reworking these harmful narratives, and rewriting the narrative to be more relevant to us today.
This artwork ships ready-to-hang. Please note this artwork is traditional lime plaster and wood, and weighs ~6lbs / 2.75kg.