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Stove with 4th of July Cake and Teapot (The Covid Diaries Series)
Stove with 4th of July Cake and Teapot (The Covid Diaries Series)
Foamcore, cardboard, paper-mache, magic-sculpt, wire, acrylic mediums, acrylic paint
55”h x 36”w x 27”d
2020

The "Covid Diairies" series are works based on my journal entries during the past eight months and counting. In the series, mundane daily chores in isolation in my apartment collide with catastrophic world news.

There is a metaphoric meltdown of democracy with the cake burning in the oven, which causes the teapot to reach a boiling point.