Brand new piece in the #guggle collection. We (Kate, Doug, Lionel and I...also known as K8, &, Duggle and Lienull) present to you:
A six foot tall custom cigarette box.
(I'll document it a little better once we move it outside and post those pictures as well).
This piece was a response to the figurative sculpture provocation, which was supposed to represent the figure and stand at least 6 feet tall. Ours probably comes in at about 6'4" with the lid.
The idea is that we have made something which represents the figure abstractly; let's call it a metaphor. It's a box that is usually filled with "killing things" (to quote John Green), but we have turned it into a coffin of sorts. Our coffin houses the figure. In other words, the thing which holds the things that kill is now holding that which it has already killed. It houses the figure while it does its killing. We like to think we've turned ourselves into the cigarettes, as when the piece is presented it is meant to be stood and smoked in.
I think our collaborations are some of the most innovative, imaginative, boundary-pushing, content-filled and confusing pieces I have ever been involved in. I always come out of the projects feeling incredibly proud; this group of artists, who have now become very close friends of mine, make me think in ways I never have and are bettering me as an artist on a daily basis. I am so grateful that this wonderful little institution brought us together.