A Comedy of Agency, 2022

This piece, and its multiple iterations, is a panoramic, oil-painted installation. In A Comedy of Agency, I investigate images of the past and present juxtaposed in a surrealist landscape. In this inhabitable installation, viewers’ physical images and identities collide with images that give context to our lives, experiences, and perceptions. I aim to emphasize the power of images by centering viewership as their catalyst.

Comedy of Agency , Installed as a moving panorama, Washington University in St, Louis, 2022

Comedy of Agency at the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum, St. Louis MO, 2022

A Comedy of Agency, 2022, oil on unstretched canvas and wood, 208.8” x 72” x 80”. Photo Courtesy of Richard Sprengeler
A Comedy of Agency, 2022, oil on unstretched canvas and wood, 208.8” x 72” x 80”. Photo Courtesy of Richard Sprengeler
A Comedy of Agency, 2022, oil on unstretched canvas and wood, 208.8” x 72” x 80”. Photo Courtesy of Richard Sprengeler
A Comedy of Agency, 2022, oil on unstretched canvas and wood, 208.8” x 72” x 80”. Photo Courtesy of Richard Sprengeler
A Comedy of Agency, 2022, oil on unstretched canvas and wood, 208.8” x 72” x 80”. Photo Courtesy of Richard Sprengeler
A Comedy of Agency, 2022, oil on unstretched canvas and wood, 208.8” x 72” x 80”. Photo Courtesy of Richard Sprengeler
A Comedy of Agency, 2022, oil on unstretched canvas and wood, 208.8” x 72” x 80” Photo by the artist
A Comedy of Agency, 2022, oil on unstretched canvas and wood, 208.8” x 72” x 80”. Photo Courtesy of Richard Sprengeler
A Comedy of Agency, 2022, oil on unstretched canvas and wood, 208.8” x 72” x 80”. Photo Courtesy of Richard Sprengeler
A Comedy of Agency, 2022, oil on unstretched canvas and wood, 208.8” x 72” x 80” Photo by the artist
A Comedy of Agency, 2022, oil on unstretched canvas and wood, 208.8” x 72” x 80” Photo by the artist
A Comedy of Agency, 2022, oil on unstretched canvas and wood, 208.8” x 72” x 80” Photo by the artist

A Comedy of Agency installed on a corner, at Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 2024

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A Comedy of Agency installed in the round, at Granite City Arts District, Granite City, IL, 2022

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