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Sacred Objects

Photos of spot-lit objects on velvet, framed in elaborate gilt frames. Some of these objects are real sacred objects, from Africa, Brazil or elsewhere, while other are common objects and tools nominated as sacred by me. Inspired by both religious shrines and shop windows.

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Weight, 1993
Offering to Oshun, 1993
Hammer, 1993
Installation view: Sacred Objects,
"Glory! Success! Ecstasy!", Aktionsforum Praterinsel, Munich, Germany, 1998
Installation view: Sacred Objects,
"Strange Ritual", La Foret Museum,
Tokyo, 1997
 

EXHIBITION HISTORY:

• Better Living Through Chemistry, Lloyd Jerome Gallery, Glasglow, Scotland, May 8 – July 1, 1999 (Solo)

• Fe, Centro Fotografico Alvarez Bravo, Oaxaca, Mexico, October 30 – January 10, 1998 (Solo)

• Summa Scientae Mundi, LipanjePuntin Gallery, Trieste, Italy, October 16 – December 15, 1998 (Solo)

• Glory! Sucess! Ecstasy!, Aktionforum Praterinsel, Munich, Germany, September 26 – November 15, 1998 (Solo)

• Strange Ritual, La Foret Museum, Tokyo, Japan, April 22 – May 12, 1997 (Solo)

• Anima Mundi, Camerawork, San Francisco, CA, December 12, 1996 – February 1, 1997 (Solo)

• Strange Ritual, Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, El Paso, TX, October 31 – November 30, 1996 (Solo)

• Strange Ritual, Mylos Gallery, Thessoloniki, Greece, June 20 – July 14, 1996 (Solo)

• Strange Ritual, Galerie Ressle/Konsthandel, Stockholm, Sweden, March 20 – April 21, 1996 (Solo)

• Strange Ritual, Gallery Anonimus, Ljubljana, Slovenia, January 20 – February 20, 1996 (Solo)

• Evidence of Human Habitation, Photo Center, Moscow, Russia, February 9 – March 2, 1995; Borey Art Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia, March 7 – 31, 1995; Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia, April 10 – May 10, 1995; Loja da Atalaia (Sacred Objects, Sleepless Nights), Lisbon, Portugal, June 20 – July 1, 1995; Carousel Exhibition Space, Istanbul, Turkey, November 5 – 18, 1995 (Solo)

• Strange Ritual, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, NY, October 21 – November 22, 1995 (Solo)

• Strange Ritual, Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL, June 2 – 28, 1995 (Solo)

• Sacred Objects, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, March 30 – April 25; travelled to: Kiyomisudera Joujuin-Temple, Kyoto, June 3 – 11, 1995; Parco Gallery, Osaka, June 15 – July 3, 1995 (Solo)

• The Colour Red, ACC Rheinhallen, Agrippinawerft, Cologne, Germany November 3 – 15, 1995. Traveled in Germany until end of 1997 (Group)

• Sacred Objects, Sleepless Nights, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 15 – September 10, 1994 (Solo)

• David Byrne - En la Pared, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 20 – August 9, 1994 (Solo)

• Faith, CBGB's 313 Gallery, New York, NY, January 13 – February 26, 1994 (Solo)

• Dirty Birds, Wooster Gardens, New York, NY, July 1 – 31, 1993 (Group)

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"The Sacred and the Mundane", Stills Edinburgh, 1994




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