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These drawings are images of images—coin rubbings carefully recreated in metalpoint larger than actual size. The coins are rendered using metals that resonate or conflict with the coins’ imagery and status as currency. Some images are partially drawn with the edges of the very coins they depict.
The drawings are a means by which to contemplate the dissonance between the idealistic myth and troubled history of the United States as rendered visible in its commonplace artifacts. What does the United States value? What emblems does it employ to endow its currency with veneration? What does this country promise and how does it make good on those promises?
Reversed Lincoln. 2020. Copperpoint on paper. 7.5” x 7.5”
Two Jeffersons. 2020. Nickelpoint on paper. 7.5” x 7.5”
No Quarter. 2020. Silverpoint on paper. 7.5” x 7.5”
Heads. 2020. Silverpoint on paper. 7.5” x 7.5”
Liberty and Trust. 2020. Silverpoint on paper. 7.5” x 7.5”
Two Cents. 2020. Copperpoint on paper. 7.5” x 7.5”
Paha Sapa. 2020. Nickelpoint and goldpoint on paper. 7.5” x 7.5”
Nickel and Dime. 2022. Nickelpoint and aluminumpoint on paper. 7.5” x 7.5”
Eclipse. 2022. Copperpoint and brasspoint on paper. 7.5” x 7.5”
Southern Strategy. 2022. Leadpoint on paper. 7.5” x 7.5”
High Ground. 2022. Silverpoint on paper. 7.5” x 7.5”
Act of Removal. 2022. Brasspoint on paper. 7.5” x 7.5”