Middleground (1991)

Middleground

Exhibit
Middleground (1991)

Middleground (1991)

location: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

dimensions: 8' × 40' × 20'

materials: Steel, concrete, fiberglass, shoes


A site-specific project, the work captures a special memory from the artist’s childhood on the New England coast. Water is depicted by the swirling current of over a hundred cast-off shoes. In this case, water is seen as a means of both transportation and personal freedom.

Middleground_05.jpg