Four Parallel Lines
Serrated Line, ink jet photo print, 14 x 10 “, edition of 10
Four parallel lines are drawn on a stretch of beach in California by immigrant workers—Bautista, Gomez, Vicente, and Hernandez—using 6 x 2 inch lumber. Over time, the ocean gradually washes away their lines, symbolizing the transient nature of their labor. This project references Walter De Maria’s 1968 earthwork, in which he drew two parallel mile-long lines in the Mojave Desert, while also drawing attention to the often invisible contributions of U.S. immigrants and the fleeting, yet foundational nature of their work.
Exhibited at:
2013 Lines a Brief History, Pompidou-Metz, Paris, France, curator Helene Guerin
2013 Forms in Flux, Nagoya Museum of Fine Arts, Nagoya, Japan, curator Satoko Inokuchi
2012 Global: Arte y Cambio Climatico, Fundacion Union-Espacio Cultural Contemporaneo, Montevideo, Uruguay, curator, Agustina Benvenuto
2012 The Art of All Possibilities, Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, curator, Ellen Skotheim
2012 The Menil Collection, Houston, TX in conjunction with Richard Serra Drawing Show
2011 Drawing Center, New York City, Pathway: Drawing In, On and Through the Landscape
2011 Galerie LeLong, New York City, Interventions in the Landscape
2010 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Permanent Collection Show
2010 International Curatorial and Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, New Performance Video, Solo Exhibition
2008 Trinity University Gallery, San Antonio, TX, Eligible Traffic
2008 Artadia Awards Boston Exhibition, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
2007 Sculpture Center, Queens, NY, In-Practice
2007 Alexander Gray Associates, NYC, Work
2007 Augustus St. Gauden’s Gallery, Cornish, New Hampshire, Work
Public Collections:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Fonds régional d'art contemporain, FRAC Lorraine, France