Michelle Lopez

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  • OLD BRONX COURTHOUSE, site visit, January, Bronx, New York.

  • Installation, Simon Preston Gallery, NYC 12 x 18 x 48 feet lead, steel, hand-twisted steel rope, pulled glass cane, silver, tin, paracord, found street rubble HOUSE OF CARDS installation constructed as an abject, spare scaffolding system on the verge of collapse inspired by a growing unease with the current political climate. The structures lean upon another for support, suspended by paracord and street rubble.

  • 8″ x 16′ / 11 min. loop Aluminum flag pole, rope, steel cleat, six channel stereo sound.

  • Video/Sound Installation, “When You Cut to the Present The Future Leaks Out,” curated by Regine Basha, No Longer Empty, Old Bronx Courthouse.

  • Cast prosthetic plastic, dead tree from NY Parks and Recreation Tree Maintenance, Sandbags, Rope.

  • 8″ x 16′ / 11 min. loop Aluminum flag pole, rope, steel cleat, six channel stereo sound.

  • 8″ x 16′ / 11 min. loop Aluminum flag pole, rope, steel cleat, six channel stereo sound.

  • Size: 120 x 88 inches Tempered architectural glass, ultraviolet light, tin, silver nitrate, varnish, wood. Relying on intuition to guide the body in large gestures, I direct liquid silver nitrate with a pressured air wand over architectural glass, capturing the image of a cloud in mid-explosion: the dynamic residue of violence in the immediate aftermath of a moment of destruction.

  • Installation, Simon Preston Gallery, NYC 12 x 18 x 48 feet lead, steel, hand-twisted steel rope, pulled glass cane, silver, tin, paracord, found street rubble HOUSE OF CARDS installation constructed as an abject, spare scaffolding system on the verge of collapse inspired by a growing unease with the current political climate. The structures lean upon another for support, suspended by paracord and street rubble.

  • Installation, Simon Preston Gallery, NYC 12 x 18 x 48 feet lead, steel, hand-twisted steel rope, pulled glass cane, silver, tin, paracord, found street rubble HOUSE OF CARDS installation constructed as an abject, spare scaffolding system on the verge of collapse inspired by a growing unease with the current political climate. The structures lean upon another for support, suspended by paracord and street rubble.

  • Installation of “Michelle Lopez: The Violent Bear It Away”, Simon Preston Gallery, 2009. SELF-PORTRAIT AS SPECIAL MISSION PROJECT/AKIRA REVISITED-(19 x 19 x 17 in) Resin, soot. WOADSONNER (EDIT), 2000-08 STRANGE FRUIT, 2009- Cast Prosthetic Plastic, Dead tree from NY Parks and Recreation Tree Maintenance, Sandbags, Rope.

  • Installation, Simon Preston Gallery, NYC 12 x 18 x 48 feet lead, steel, hand-twisted steel rope, pulled glass cane, silver, tin, paracord, found street rubble HOUSE OF CARDS installation constructed as an abject, spare scaffolding system on the verge of collapse inspired by a growing unease with the current political climate. The structures lean upon another for support, suspended by paracord and street rubble.

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