maison
garabaggio
Twelve series, one hundred and nineteen works
The Series
Each series follows a single discarded object through ten sequential panels, from the moment it was still doing its job to the moment it stopped. Choose a room.
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The Passion of the Broken Umbrella
20 prints
Ten panels following one black umbrella from the moment it was still doing its job to the moment the storm drain took it. Burgundy handle wrap. Bent silver ribs. A canopy that leaves in...
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The Passion of the Abandoned Mattress
20 prints
A narrow mattress with a faded blue floral band and a rust stain at the lower left, set against brick and left to the weather. Rain, then the gutter, then the ticking opens, then...
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The Gospel According to the Orange Traffic Cone
20 prints
A faded orange cone with a dirty reflective band, a torn base and a long black scrape. It is struck by a bumper, dragged through rain, fills with water, is buried in road salt,...
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Lamentations of the Deflated Pool Float
20 prints
A translucent turquoise ring with coral sunbursts, a yellow patch and a valve that no longer holds. It escapes under a fence in September and is found again in the reeds in April, bleached...
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Nocturnes for an Empty Vending Machine
20 prints
A four by five grid behind cracked glass, a green payment light, and a dent at the lower left. The spirals empty one at a time. One item hangs suspended and never falls. The...
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The Testament of the Burnt Toaster
20 prints
A dented chrome toaster with a crescent scorch and a braided cord that is nicked before it is severed. Examined, cooled, cut free, offered to a donation shelf, refused at the back door, rained...
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The Book of the Cracked Laundry Basket
20 prints
A rectangular diamond lattice basket, ivory, missing one diamond at the lower front, with a faded pink sock that stays in the frame longer than it should. It splits, is bound with blue cord,...
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The Choir of Dead Batteries
20 prints
A scuffed silver cell with a matte black cap, a dented terminal and dry white corrosion at the seam. It is joined by others, taped into a bundle, sorted, opened, reduced to a black...
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The Stations of the Bent Bicycle Wheel
20 prints
A black 700c rim with silver spokes, a rust red hub, a faded yellow reflector and two cobalt ties beside the valve. Locked, bent, carried by runoff, caught in weeds, stripped of its tire,...
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The Chapel of Dead Extension Cords
20 prints
Worn black, safety orange and aged ivory extension cords, all unplugged, all electrically disabled, mounted in a modest white gallery with polished grey concrete. Coiled on the floor, braided into a triptych, drawn into...
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The Procession of Blue Tarps
20 prints
Three battered cobalt polyethylene tarps with one ochre canvas patch, frayed white ropes and silver grommets, whitening along every crease. Folded at a loading bay, draped on a fence, strung between trees, flooded, frozen...
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Saints of Sanitation
18 prints
Nine figures built from what the city put out. A garbage bag for a head and a brass ring behind it. A cartwheel doing the work of a mandorla. A teddy bear under a...
Currently hanging
The Passion of the Broken Umbrella
Ten panels following one black umbrella from the crosswalk where it was still useful to the storm drain where it was not.
Fresh from the dumpster
Premium trash with
hand-discarded luxurious finishing touches
“Finally, a poster worthy of my bathroom.” - some guy
“This raccoon has more pathos than Michelangelo’s David.” - a sanitation technician