Ministry of Absorption

  • 2016, Glazed porcelain with acrylic, 4 parts
  • Installed app. 4 1/4” x 26” x 20”
Ministry of AbsorptionAdaptations: Paul Gauguin’s Green Christ, Josef Albers’ Homage to the Square, Angolo Bronzino’s Portrait of a Lady, Emily Carr’s Cedar, Chinese Qing Dynasty Jade screen with Beauties, Camille Corot's Morning, Fog Effect, Thomas Dewing’s Four Sylvan Sounds, Albrecht Durer's Large Turf of Grass, Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, Arshile Gorky’s The Dialogue of the Edge: Study for Dark Green, Howard Hodgkin’s After Matisse, U. Inmainen’s St. Patrick’s Bell Shrine, Iranian 16th c. dish with fishes, Jasper Johns’ Green Target, Gustave Klimt’s Garden Landscape, Rene Magritte’s The Listening Room, Georgia O’Keeffe’s Light Coming on the Plains No. III, pre-Columbian AD 300-700 jadeite Profile Figure Holding Staff with Bird, Frederic Remington’s Cowpuncher’s Lullaby, Henri Rousseau ’s Woman Walking in an Exotic Forest, Edouard Vuillard’s First Fruits, and James McNeill Whistler’s Nocturnesponge with Gauguin’s Green ChristSaver Bookletdetail of Frederic Remington’s Cowpuncher’s Lullaby, Georgia O’Keeffe’s Light Coming on the Plains No. III, Edouard Vuillard’s First Fruitsshown here, Iraqi plate, Klimt, Carrdetails of Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, Agnolo Bronzino’s Portrait of a LadyHoward Hodgkin’s After Matisseand Arshile Gorky’s The Dialogue of the Edge: Study for Dark Green, detail of Jasper Johns’ Green Targetdetail of Albrecht Durer's Large Turf of Grass and James McNeill Whistler’s Nocturnedetail of Iranian 16th c. dish with fishes, Gustave Klimt’s Garden Landscape, Emily Carr’s CedarAlbrecht Durer's Large Turf of Grassdetail of Emily Carr’s CedarIranian green dish, Klimtdetail of James McNeill Whistler’s Nocturne, Thomas Dewing’s Four Sylvan SoundsAgnolo Bronzino’s Portrait of a Ladydetail of Henri Rousseau’s Woman Walking in an Exotic Forestdetail of Jasper Johns’ Green Target