CATHARSIS (2000)
(false idol worship)
48" x 36" x 96"
mixed media

A toilet has been sealed and filled with water and rose oil; a manipulated image of a model and superimposed skeleton was laminated as a trading card and placed inside a blown up plastic ziplock bag. Atop the toilet are seven candles that are lit during the exhibit and blown out each night, the wax allowed to run onto the floor and toilet. The medicine cabinet is filled with duplicate boxes of generic laxatives. The wall is washed in puce light. All components salvaged from the local refuse dump and left in condition as found.