They Might Be Giants is inspired by an invitation to participate in an group exhibition at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum regarding the 2020 US election. My research led me to visit the National Archives in Washington DC where the US Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights are housed. Walking up the grand staircase on Constitution Ave., I fixated on the buildings enormous bronze doors – 38 feet high and over 6 tons. A photograph of the doors from 1936 that shows the relationship in scale between the guard and the door is the subject of my recent work They Might Be Giants. The title is a reference to Cervantes’ Don Quixote; the ‘Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha’ who believes that the windmills he sees in the distance are ‘hulking giants’ and mistakes their blades for ‘long arms’. Feeling threatened by his delusion, he declares his intention to kill them.

They Might Be Giants(Triptych)1

33 x 25 inch

Graphite on paper

2020

They Might Be Giants(Triptych)2

33 x 25 inch

Graphite on paper

2020

They Might Be Giants(Triptych)3

33 x 25 inch

Graphite on paper

2020

Installation view, They Might Be Giants (Triptych) + Off Guard, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, 2020

Off Guard

12 x 4 inches

Graphite on clay

2020

They Might Be Giants

90 x 55 inch

Graphite on paper

2020

They Might Be Giants (Triptych Reversed)

13 x 10 inches, 7 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches, 5 x 4 3/8 inches

Graphite on paper

2020

Archive Building

24 Polaroids (#1 - #20 shown)

Oil on Polaroids

2020

Archive Building 13

4.25 x 3.5 inches

Oil on Polaroid

2020

Archive Building 23

4.25 x 3.5 inches

Oil on Polaroid

2020

Archive Building 14

4.25 x 3.5 inches

Oil on Polaroid

2020

Archive Building 10

4.25 x 3.5 inches

Oil on Polaroid

2020

Archive Building 2

4.25 x 3.5 inches

Oil on Polaroid

2020

Archive Building 17

4.25 x 3.5 inches

Oil on Polaroid

2020

Archive Building 7

4.25 x 3.5 inches

Oil on Polaroid

2020

Archive Building 1

4.25 x 3.5 inches

Oil on Polaroid

2020

Archive Building 15

4.25 x 3.5 inches

Oil on Polaroid

2020

Archive Building 18

4.25 x 3.5 inches

Oil on Polaroid

2020

ID

12 x 9 inches

Oil on wood panel

2020

We #3

12 x 9 inches

Oil on wood panel

2020

We #2

12 x 9 inches

Oil on wood panel

2020