Trophy.

Trophies are a strange piece of our culture to me. They hold many different kinds of meaning. They can be earned through triumph in sports or the arts, through longevity in a position, or by killing something and, typically, all of them are proudly displayed to show ones pride in their accomplishments. Trophies can be something else though. Trophies can showoff nothing more than someones wealth and power: a trophy car, house, wife, husband, art object, etc.. This is the mentality that I was thinking about when I started making my art trophies. They are mangled and twisted versions of prints and drawings that I have mounted on plaques. I have, in essence, killed a drawing or print and preformed taxidermy on it. I twist them in on themselves, puncture them and then hang them on hooks. I believe it gives them a life that they didn’t have when they were simply two dimensional pieces. I have always believed that many people buy art as a trophy to begin with. I love the idea of making an art trophy and selling it to someone who truly loves it and could care less about any stature that might come with it.