Inside Bernal Hill
A collaborative project with my rabbit, Dusty.

Will be included in the show HOME at Rootdivision this July


Opening Reception: Saturday, July 14, 7-10pm
Exhibition Dates: July 13-28, 2007
Gallery Hours for the Exhibition: Wednesdays-Saturdays, 12-4 pm (or by appointment)
Gallery 3175 ROOT DIVISION
3175 17th Street (at South Van Ness & Shotwell) San Francisco, CA 94110
http://www.rootdivision.org/071407.html



In the process of digging a burrow for herself, she has been excavating artifacts from my backyard on the Southeast side of Bernal Hill. I began sifting through the dirt she brought up, and found shattered glass, nails, pottery shards, small toys, beer cans and many, many bones.



In the 1910’s, my entire block was a plant nursery, composed of a series of greenhouses and a large chicken coop. The large amount of shattered window glass I found must be left from the demolition of those greenhouses. The bones are mostly leftover from household garbage. The majority appear to be from chickens, but larger, butchered bones were also found, along with oyster shells, fish bones and a piece of a crab’s claw.

Tables at the Lexington
made from reclaimed wood panelling from the 1960's and coated with durable epoxy



Rose. Inspired by the classic tattoo work of Sailor Jerry.



“a rose is a rose is a rose...” is the quote Gertrude Stein is most famous for. It originally appeared in her essay “Sacred Emily” written in 1913.



Nautical Star. This table is inlaid with the pattern of a nautical star. This tattoo was used for lesbians to recognize each other in the 1940’s and 50’s. The strategy was to get the tattoo on your wrist, where your watch would cover it when it needed to be covered.

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Iconic at the Lexington Club
Opening Reception Tuesday, May 9th from 7 - 9 pm
3464 19th St. (between Mission and Valencia)
Mission District, San Francisco

Show continues through June 16th



"please me, please be mannish, do please me" Cut wood panelling. 4 ft x 5 ft. Quote is from Gertrude Stein's essay "An Exercise in Analysis" written in 1917.




Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas are one of the famous most famous lesbian couples of all time. Interestingly, they both grew up in the Bay Area and Alice was a survivior of the 1906 earthquake. They met in Paris just after the earthquake and spent the rest of their lives there. Gertrude became famous for her modernist writing style, which was as incomprehensible at the time as Picasso's cubist paintings. In amongst her writings, there are glimpses of her relationship with Alice, which was an open secret at the time.

The wood panel collages in the show are inscribed with quotes from Gertrude's writings which speak to her intimate relationship with Alice, and which are surprisingly contemporary considering they were written almost one hundred years ago.

The show also includes smaller, embroidered pieces which each capture an image from a tattoo of a famous lesbian.



The tattoo embroidered here belonged to Portia de Rossi. It was a ring tattoo which incorporated the initials of her former girlfriend Francesca Gregorini. She had the tattoo removed when she became Ellen Degeneres' partner.