Garden Path 2014

The project consisted of five interrelated components installed at Lynden Sculpture Garden as part of their Inside/Out series: Garden Path and Laundry Day were located on the grounds, Contemporary Plats, Two Legal Descriptions, and Backyard were in the galleries. The project explored landscape, private and public property, commemoration, and class.

Group of people gathered outside on the garden path to listen to someone speak, surrounded by greenery and near tan building.

Man in blue shirt and jeans leans over to adjust pink flowers in a concrete pot, an identical one sits across from it.

Garden Path 2014
100 x 450'
Etched granite, mulch, planters, flowers, mixed media

The Path winds through the Lynden Sculpture Garden from the formal garden at its western terminus through the privacy fence to Brown Deer Rd with its constant roar of traffic. The project commemorates the individuals, past, present, and future, who tend the landscape; in dedication to the pursuit of vocation.

Beginning of path with orange mulch surrounded by green tall grass and plants meets concrete road.

Granite slab reading “The Garden Path commemorates the individuals… who tend Lynden’s sculptures and grounds.”

Woman walking through gate in wooden fence painted with scene of people hanging white sheets to dry against a blue sky.

Laundry Day 2014
10 x 75'
Latex paint, custom installed door

A mural painted on a wooden privacy fence, facing the high-traffic Brown Deer Rd. Laundry Day proposes a glimpse back in time to when Lynden was a private residence owned by the Bradley Family. Its scene imagines the Bradley’s hanging their laundry in the backyard among 40 acres of monumental sculptures.

View of people observing the painted wooden fence.

Contemporary Plats 2014
Installation dimensions: Variable
Dye sublimated printing on 10 ounce carpet

The piece consisted of two 4.5 x 7' custom-printed carpets installed in the entryway and two 9 x 9', carpets installed in the main gallery. The work incorporates Milwaukee plat maps from 1877 and 1926.

2 rugs on wooden floor with Milwaukee maps printed on them. Maps printed with shades of blue, purple, and orange.

Close up view of carpet on wooden floor. Map shows area “Est or Bradley” printed with shades of blue, purple, and orange.

Installation View, Entryway, Photo credit: Wes Tank

Two Legal Descriptions 2014
1 x 18 ‘
Screen printing on vellum

A poetic juxtaposition of language legally outlining the Bradley Estate, now Lynden Sculpture Garden, and more modest parcel of land owned by the artist. Aesthetic comparison of the respective passages offers unexpected intrigue.

Long black and white screenprint hung on tan wall.

Backyard 2014
Install dimensions variable
4 panels, each panel 17 x 96”
Archival Inkjet Prints mounted on Aluminum