South Bronx Sagas: 3rd Avenue & Alexander, 2006 - 2026, Laser transfers, collaged dry wall, construction elements, graphite, ink, Text from Mott Haven historic plaque, poetry from Roger Bonair Agaard

Using images from the street, 19th Century land-marked architecture and found materials, this work exposes contradictions inherent in recent history, time and change.  21st Century signage, Bronx poetry and rubbings from plaques merge with photo transfers and drawing posing the past against the restored, regenerated present.

South Bronx Sagas, Mott Haven II, 2006 - 2026, 15.5 in. x 42.5 in., Collage, rubbing from historic plaque, photo transfer, mixed media

South Bronx Sagas, Mott Haven, 2007, Collage, rubbing from historic plaque, photo transfer, mixed media, 20 in. x 29 in.

South Bronx Sagas series, 2007

South Bronx Sagas, Dead End East 140th Street, 2007, Collage, rubbing from Mott Haven historic plaque, poetry by Roger Bonair-Agard, photo transfer, mixed media, 20 in. x 48 in.

South Bronx Sagas, in private collection

South Bronx Sagas, in private collection

South Bronx Sagas, in private collection

South Bronx Sagas, in private collection

Pastel, collage and photo transfer, 39” x 26” (99.06 x 66.04 cm), 2015
Ruins of the Ruhr Valley iron smelting industry posed against ancient Roman architectural ruins.

Pastel, photo transfer, 17” x 21” (44 x 54 cm)

pastel, collage and photo transfer, 22’’ x 30.5’’ (55.88 x 77.47cm)

Pastel, collage, photo transfer,  17” x 13” (45 x 33 cm), 2015
Ruins of the Ruhr Valley iron smelting industry posed against ancient Roman architectural ruins.

Pastel, collage, photo transfer, 30” x 23 1/4”, (76 x 59 cm), 2015
Ruins of the Ruhr Valley iron smelting industry posed against ancient Roman architectural ruins. In private collection.