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  • CURE (the Work)
    Z33, Hasselt, Belgium, 2020
    Installation view

  • CURE (the Work)
    Z33, Hasselt, Belgium, 2020
    Installation view

  • CURE (the Work)
    Z33, Hasselt, Belgium, 2020
    Installation view

  • CURE (the Work)
    Z33, Hasselt, Belgium, 2020
    Installation view

  • Untitled (Weak Local Lineament: After an Assyrian bas relief showing
    the transportation of stones in a round bottomed boat, c. 700 BC)
    , 2019
    etching in copper-clad plastic, asphaltum, Oramask, hardware
    48 x 27 1/8 inches (121.9 x 68.9 cm)

  • LENS (Bar, Promenade, Suites, Lookout mast), 2020
    caustic lens in milled Plexiglas, modified LED flashlight
    16 7/8 x 10 1/2 x 5/8 inches (42.9 x 26.7 x 1.6 cm)
    installation dimensions variable

  • DREAMBOAT DIRTBLOCK
    Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, 2020
    Installation view

  • DREAMBOAT DIRTBLOCK
    Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, 2020
    Installation view

  • WELCOME TO NEW YORK (8.2 cu ft), 2020
    soil extracted from NYC foundation pits compressed into interlocking earth blocks with WT 1-40 Manual Interlocking Earth Block Machine
    13 x 36 x 60 inches (33 x 91.4 x 152.4 cm)

  • DREAMBOAT (Model View 03), 2019
    three etchings in copper-clad plastic, asphaltum, Oramask, hardware
    3 parts: 87 x 48 inches (221 x 121.9 cm) each;
    overall dimensions: approx. 87 x 144 inches (221 x 365.8 cm)

  • LOST CORE 01, 2018

    Broken engine sand core package components, aluminum

    36 1/2 x 31 5/8 x 7 inches (92.7 x 80.3 x 17.8 cm)

  • BMW Open Work

    Frieze London, 2018

    Installation view

  • BMW Open Work

    Frieze London, 2018

    Installation view

  • COVER
    Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, 2018
    Installation view

  • Stranded Asset, 2017
    Cast fuel ash, metal hardware, black Murano glass rods
    30 3/8 x 49 5/8 x 11 inches (77 x 126 x 28 cm)

  • COVER
    Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, 2018
    Installation view

  • Stranded Asset, 2017
    Cast fuel ash, metal hardware, electrical hardware
    30 3/8 x 49 5/8 x 11 inches (77 x 126 x 28 cm)

  • COVER
    Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, 2018
    Installation view

  • Stranded Asset, 2017
    Cast fuel ash, metal hardware, clear Murano glass rods, hazard mask
    30 3/8 x 49 5/8 x 11 inches (77 x 126 x 28 cm)

  • Stranded Assets
    VIVA ARTE VIVA, 57th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, 2017
    Installation view

  • Stranded Asset, 2017
    Cast fuel ash, metal hardware, clear Murano glass rods, electrical hardware, fluorescent bulbs

    30 3/8 x 49 5/8 x 11 inches (77 x 126 x 28 cm)

  • Stranded Asset, 2017
    Cast fuel ash, metal hardware, electrical hardware

    30 3/8 x 49 5/8 x 11 inches (77 x 126 x 28 cm)

     

    Stranded Asset, 2017
    Refurbished iron wall sconce (circa 1920) designed for the Giuseppe Volpi thermoelectric power station, Porto Marghera, Venice

    30 3/8 x 49 5/8 x 11 inches (77 x 126 x 28 cm)

     

    Stranded Asset, 2017
    Cast fuel ash, metal hardware, fish bones
    30 3/8 x 49 5/8 x 11 inches (77 x 126 x 28 cm)

  • Stranded Asset, 2017
    Cast fuel ash, metal hardware, fish bones
    30 3/8 x 49 5/8 x 11 inches (77 x 126 x 28 cm)

  • Stranded Assets
    VIVA ARTE VIVA, 57th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, 2017
    Installation view

  • Stranded Assets, 2017 [detail]
    Cast fuel ash, metal hardware, clear Murano glass rods, hazard mask, sheets of Gyproc, wooden pallet, glass, books, electrical hardware, carved coal
    30 3/8 x 49 5/8 x 11 inches (77 x 126 x 28 cm)
    Gyproc table: 30 x 47 1/4 x 94 1/2 inches (76 x 120 x 240 cm)
    Installation dimensions variable

  • Untitled (Scene From the First Etching in Cesariano’s Vitruvius), 2016
    Lithotine monoprint on blotter paper
    60 x 40 inches (152.4 x 101.6 cm)
    Framed dimensions: 64 x 44 inches (162.6 x 111.8 cm)
  • Screen Test Lineaments, 2017
    4 etchings on copper-clad plastic, Asphaltum, steel brackets
    Overall dimensions: 101 x 89 x 6 1/4 inches (256.5 x 226.1 x 15.9 cm)
  • Less Light Warm Words
    Swiss Institute, New York, 2016
    Installation view

  • A Weak Local (Vacuum Sealed – Trace Revision 1E), 2016 [detail]
    Etching on copper-clad plastic, steel brackets
    Etching: 120 x 19 11/16 inches (304.8 x 50.2 cm)
    Brackets: 5 x 22 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (12.7 x 56.5 x 15.9 cm) each

  • More Cold Parts, 2016
    Aluminum ingots cast from engine blocks, etching on copper-clad plastic, vinyl lettering
    Dimensions variable

  • More Heat Than Light
    Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, 2016
    Installation view

  • Weak Local Lineament (MHTL), 2016 [detail]
    Copper-clad plastic flexible heating circuit, Volkswagen TDI 1.9 engine block, insulated electrical wiring with fixture, 2 thermal sensors
    Heating circuit: approx. 95 5/8 x 18 7/8 inches (243 x 48 cm)
    Engine Block: approx. 11 7/8 x 16 7/8 x 13 3/8 inches (30 x 43 x 34 cm)

  • A Weak Local (Belong Anywhere – Trace Revision 1C), 2016
    Etching on copper-clad plastic, Asphaltum, steel brackets
    Etching: 120 x 19 11/16 inches (304.8 x 50.2 cm)
    Brackets: 5 x 22 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (12.7 x 56.5 x 15.9 cm) each

  • Scheme for a Heating Circuit Twice, or Reproduction Begins at Home, 2016
    2 etchings on copper-clad plastic, Asphaltum, blind assembly nuts, plotter print
    Etchings: [Left] 72 1/2 x 48 inches (183.5 x 121.9 cm), [Right] 72 3/4 x 48 (184.8 x 121.9 cm)
    Print: 36 x 24 inches (91.4 x 61 cm)
    Overall dimensions: 95 3/4 x 72 3/4 (243.2 x 184.8 cm)

  • More Heat Than Light
    CCA Wattis, San Francisco, 2015
    Installation view

  • Weak Local Lineament (Get Connected), 2015
    Etching on copper-clad plastic, steel brackets
    120 x 20 inches (304.8 x 50.8 cm)

  • Weak Local Lineaments (MHTL), 2015
    Four parts:
    Wall piece: Etching on copper-clad plastic, Asphaltum, steel brackets; 120 x 20 x 6 1/4 inches (304.8 x 50.8 x 15.9 cm)
    Floor pieces: Copper-clad plastic flexible heating circuit, insulated electrical wiring with fixture, 2 thermal sensors; 72 x 20 inches (182.9 x 50.8 cm)

  • Weak Local Lineament (MHTL), 2015
    Copper-clad plastic flexible heating circuit, 2 thermo sensors, cast aluminum ingots
    72 x 20 inches (182.9 x 50.8 cm)

  • Global Positioning Harness 2012 (Grey Parrot Lineament), 2015
    Etching on copper-clad plastic, Asphaltum, steel brackets
    Overall dimensions: 64 x 46 x 7 inches (162.6 x 116.8 x 17.8 cm)

  • Thin Skin, Flexible Control, 2015
    Etching on copper-clad plastic, Asphaltum, steel bracket
    Etching: 67 x 26 inches (170.2 x 66 cm)
    Bracket: 5 x 22 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (12.7 x 56.5 x 15.9 cm)
    Overall dimensions: 67 x 26 x 6 1/4 inches (170.2 x 66 x 15.9 cm)

  • Liquidity, Ergonomics, Flexibility (Zhen Ding Technology), 2015
    4 etchings on copper-clad plastic, Asphaltum, steel brackets
    Etchings: 96 x 19 5/6 inches (243.8 x 50.4 cm) each
    Brackets: 5 x 22 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (12.7 x 56.5 x 15.9 cm) each
    Overall dimensions: 96 x 90 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches (243.8 x 229.9 x 15.9 cm)

  • Plucked Main Board Flex Cable Ribbon Connection Membrane for Sony XPERIA Miro ST23/ST23i Lineament, 2015
    Etching on copper-clad plastic, Asphaltum, steel bracket
    112 x 28 x 6 1/2 inches (284.5 x 71.1 x 16.5 cm)

  • Casual Encounters
    Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, 2014
    Installation view

  • Casual Encounters
    Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, 2014
    Installation view

  • Weak Local Lineament of an Evacuation Route, 2014
    Milled copper-clad plastic, polyester stiffener, blind assembly nuts
    48 x 100 inches (121.9 x 254 cm)
  • Weak Local Lineament (Copperhead 07), 2014
    Etching on copper-clad plastic, photo lacquer, asphaltum, steel brackets
    96 x 20 x 4 inches (243.8 x 50.8 x 10.2 cm)
  • nature after nature
    Fridericianum, Kassel, 2014
    Installation view
  • nature after nature
    Fridericianum, Kassel, 2014
    Installation view
  • Stored Value Field Separator (svfs 22), 2014
    Surplus hard drive magnets, stored value cards, thermal plastic
    96 x 3 1/2 x 2 inches (243.8 x 8.9 x 5.1 cm)
  • Stored Value Field Separator (svfs 22), 2014 [detail]

  • Art of Its Own Making
    Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, 2014
    Installation view
  • and Materials and Money and Crisis
    MUMOK, Vienna, 2013
    Installation view

  • International Corrosion Fatigue
    Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin, 2013
    Installation view
  • International Corrosion Fatigue
    Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin, 2013
    Installation view
  • International Corrosion Fatigue
    Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin, 2013
    Installation view
  • Flexible Control (Depression Lineament), 2013
    Photolithographic etching on copper-clad plastic, laminate, steel bracket
    21 1/4 x 59 x 2 inches (54 x 150 x 5.1 cm)
  • Flexible Control (Canon Rebel T1i Lineament, version 01), 2013
    Photolithographic etching on copper-clad plastic, laminate, steel bracket
    24 x 14 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches (61 x 36.8 x 18.4 cm)
  • Stimulations (Canon Rebel T1i control panel), 2012
    Chromogenic print
    58 x 42 inches (147.3 x 106.7 cm), Framed: 60 x 45 inches (152.4 x 114.3 cm)
  • Whitney Biennial 2012
    Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
    Installation view
  • Fluid Employment, 2012
    Ferromagnetic liquid poured bi-weekly over plastic sheets and magnetic elements, fans
    Dimensions vary, Each sheet: 48 x 48 inches (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
  • Fluid Employment, 2012
    Ferromagnetic liquid poured bi-weekly over plastic sheets and magnetic elements, fans
    Dimensions vary, Each sheet: 48 x 48 inches (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
  • Fluid Employment (Little Attractions), 2012
    Pigment print, silkscreen, Ferromagnetic liquid and Mylar
    36 x 60 inches (91.4 x 152.4 cm)
  • Stored Value Field Separator (Transit 1),, 2012
    Surplus hard drive magnets, demagnetized stored value cards
    10 x 15 x 2 inches (25.4 x 38 x 5 cm)
  • Paper Citizen: 01 – 12, 2011
    Chromogenic print mounted on aluminum
    49 3/4 x 63 3/8 inches (126.4 x 161 cm)
    Framed dimensions: 52 1/2 x 66 1/8 inches (133.4 x 168 cm)
    Edition of 3 + 2 APs
  • Total Immersion Environment
    Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, 2011
    Installation view
  • Total Immersion Environment
    Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, 2011
    Installation view
  • Paper Citizen: face forward, 2011
    Chromogenic print mounted on aluminum
    49 3/4 x 63 3/8 inches (126.3 x 161 cm), Framed: 52 1/2 x 66 1/8 inches (133.4 x 168 cm)
  • Test Subject A2 Fine, 2010
    Helicopter pilot’s helmet, Arizona Test Dust® ISO 12103-1, PTI ID: 10717F, Batch 16, Aug 2010, photomount, adhesive vinyl lettering
    10 x 11 x 10 inches (25.4 x 27.9 x 25.4 cm)
  • Paper Citizen 110º, 2011
    Chromogenic print mounted on aluminum
    63 3/8 x 22 inches (161 x 55.9 cm)
  • Paper Citizen 4321, 2010
    Chromogenic print mounted on aluminum
    63 x 49 inches (160 x 124.5 cm), Framed dimensions: 66 x 52 ½ inches (167.6 x 133.3)
  • Paper Citizen 4322, 2010
    Chromogenic print mounted on aluminum
    63 x 49 inches (160 x 124.5 cm), Framed dimensions: 66 x 52 ½ inches (167.6 x 133.3)
  • From A to Z and Back (part b) [detail], 2009
    Book in faux leather containing 50 examples of “antique silver coin” (Zinc alloy)
    16 x 10 x 1 inches (40.6 x 25.4 x 2.3 cm)
  • From A to Z and Back (part b) [detail], 2009
    6 Silkscreens on offset lithographic print, mounted on linen
    Sheet size: 35.8 x 24 inches (91 x 61 cm) each, Frame: 39 x 27 inches (99.5 x 69 cm) each
  • From A to Z and Back (part b) [detail], 2009
    Silkscreen on offset lithographic print, mounted on linen
    Sheet size: 35.8 x 24 inches (91 x 61 cm), Frame: 39 x 27 inches (99.5 x 69 cm)
  • Art should be... etc. (part 1), 2008
    2 “Antique Gold” (brass alloy) coins
    Diameter: 1 ½ inches (3.8 cm)
  • I hereby promise… etc.
    Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, 2008
    Installation view

  • Art should be... etc. (part 2), 2008
    Digital chromogenic print mounted on aluminum in wall vitrine, Edition of 5 + 2AP
    H. 42 x L. 74 5/16 x D. 2 inches (H. 106.7 x L. 190.3 x D. 5 cm)
  • Portfolio (MGM) – part 1, 2008
    Portfolio with ink drawing on paper, book page, inkjet printout, archival museum board, plastic sleeve
    Portfolio: 17 x 22 inches (43.1 x 56 cm), Plinth: H. 34 x W. 35 x D. 22 inches (H. 86.4 x W. 89 x D. 56 cm)
  • Portfolio (MGM) – part 2 close up, 2008
    5 ink drawings on paper, color photocopy, book page, gold painted segment of 35mm film stock, postcard, 2 photographs, inkjet printout, archival museum board, all in plastic sleeves, displayed in bookshelf
    11 x 14 inches (28 x 35.6 cm) each
  • Monograms, 2008
    3 drawings: ink, graphite on paper hinged on screenprint, 1 black & white photogram
    Each frame size: 22 3/8 x 18 5/8 (56.8 x 47.3 cm), Photogram frame size: 26 ½ x 22 ½ inches (67.3 x 57.2 cm)
  • Portfolio Monograms (1 of 2), 2008
    Portfolio with ink and graphite on paper, ink on paper, book page, newspaper clipping on archival museum board in plastic sleeve, black & white photocopy, color photocopy, transparency
    Portfolio: 17 x 22 inches (43.1 x 56 cm), Plinth: H. 34 x W. 35 x D. 22 inches (H. 86.4 x W. 89 x D. 56 cm)
  • Bookkeeper (p. 132), 2008
    Edition of 2 + 1AP, Cloth wrapped box: H. 16 1/8 x W. 13 ½ x D. 3 inches (H. 18.7 x W. 34.3 x D. 7.6 cm)
    Offset print: 11 x 8 inches (28 x 20.3 cm)
  • Window display, Antiquariat Buchholz, 2008
  • Printer, Scriptor: Folios
    Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, 2008
    Installation view
  • Monograms, 2008
    Drawing, ink, graphite, screenprint
    Framed dimensions: 22 4/5 x 19 1/3 inches (58 x 49 cm)
  • Monograms, 2008
    Drawing, ink, graphite, screenprint
    Framed dimensions: 22 4/5 x 19 1/3 inches (58 x 49 cm)
  • Monograms, 2008
    Unique photogram
    Framed dimensions: 26 1/3 x 22 2/3 inches (67.5 x 57.5 cm)
  • Monograms, 2008
    Unique photogram
    Framed dimensions: 26 1/3 x 22 2/3 inches (67.5 x 57.5 cm)
  • Printer, Scriptor: Folios
    Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, 2008
    Installation view
  • Printing Progress: 1959, 2008
    Collage, screenprint, book pages, graphite
    Framed dimensions: 44 7/10 x 59 4/5 inches (113.5 x 152 cm)
  • Printing Progress: 1959, 2008
    Collage, screenprint, book pages, graphite
    Framed dimensions: 44 7/10 x 59 4/5 inches (113.5 x 152 cm)
  • Once Again… Sequence 00001 (part b), 2007
    Digital print
    Sheet size: 7.5 x 4.75 inches (19.05 x 12.1 cm)
  • Once Again… Sequence 00001 (part a), 2007
    Screen print
    Sheet size: 37 5/8 x 25 inches (95.6 x 63.5 cm)
  • Magazine Press (1934), 2007
    Graphite on paper, matted and framed
    27 x 27 inches (68.5 x 68.5 cm)
  • Template: Recto, Verso (5b), 2007
    Screen print, collage, pencil
    Sheet size: 25 ¼ x 34 ¼ inches (64 x 87cm)
  • Template: Recto, Verso (4b), 2007
    Screen print, collage, pencil
    Sheet size: 25 ¼ x 34 ¼ inches (64 x 87cm)
  • Darkness Elsewhere, 2007
    Set of four offset lithographic prints
    8 x 11 in. (20.3 x 28 cm) each
  • Darkness Elsewhere, 2007
    Set of four offset lithographic prints
    8 x 11 in. (20.3 x 28 cm) each
  • New/Collection/Display poster, 2006
    Digital print with silkscreened Pantone colors
    52 1/8 x 38 ½ inches (132.4 x 97.8 cm)
  • Patience... Fortitude
    Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, 2006
    Installation view
  • New/Collection/Display, 2006
    Pencil drawing with matte, photographic print in archival box, offset prints in vitrine
    Vitrine size: 56 ¾ x 41 ½ x 32 inches (144 x 105.5 x 81.2 cm)
  • A.D. (Capturing the Images you Want), 2006
    Offset lithographic print, mylar cover
    9 3/8 x 10 x 4 ¾ inches (23.8 x 25.4 x 12 cm)
  • A.D. (The World Within), 2006
    Offset lithographic print, mylar cover
    9 3/8 x 10 x 4 ¾ inches (23.8 x 25.4 x 12 cm)
  • A.D. (Geology for Everyone), 2006
    Offset lithographic print, mylar cover
    9 3/8 x 10 x 4 ¾ inches (23.8 x 25.4 x 12 cm)
  • A Scene for the Library: Mott Haven, 2006
    Script containing six gradations of single photocopy photomontage; wall display of same sheets
    Wall display: 54 5/8 x 110 5/8 inches
  • A Scene for the Library: Mott Haven, 2006
    Script bound with embossed paper slip ring
    Script: 11 x 8 1/2 x 3/8 inches
  • A Scene for the Library: Mott Haven, 2006
    Script bound with embossed paper slip ring
    Script: 11 x 8 1/2 x 3/8 inches
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