Flame Tempered
Ceramic Installation
Dimensions Variable (As Pictured: 6x8x12 feet)
2013
With quiet beauty and visual drama, Slugger transforms the everyday objects that were used as weapons in specific gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender and hate crime cases. Here I pay special attention to the baseball bat as an American symbol of masculinity, sport and in this case, violent object.
My large scale installation, Flame Tempered, is an organic configuration of over 70 ceramic baseball bats suspended in mid air. Illuminated with a single bare bulb casting long shadows through out the space, the work is an explosion of drama, perception and emotion. Peggy McGlone, art critic for The Star Ledger in Newark, NJ, recently described the piece as “at once beautiful and intimidating.”
Flame Tempered (Detail)
Ceramic Installation
Dimensions Variable
2013
Slugger
Installation Shot Including Plunge and Flame Tempered
2013
Plunge
Ceramic and Found Chair
30x32x40”
2012
Plunge (Detail)
Ceramic and Found Chair
30x32x40”
2012
Slugger
Installation Shot Including Hammer and Nail and A Portrait of Julio
2013
A Portrait of Julio
Inkjet Print, Frame and Support
43x62x24 inches
2013
Hammer and Nail
Ceramic and Nail
12x3x2 inches
2012