23 x 6 x 30 in. Dried flowers, glass, metal, paper, plastic, silk, and stone
Prescriptions suggesting vanity. Bottles with floral filled pill capsules
Overgrown, silk flower arrangement to juxtapose pharmaceutical sterilization
Example of disclaimer. Blister packs filled with floral matter
Array of pill bottles on Femicist's shelves
Prescription suggesting the struggle of mortality
Double-sided label interior featuring Tom Wood's photograph
Supporting pieces inside medicine cabinet
Pill labels with "life instructions" and original disclaimers
In progress medicine cabinet inside spray paint booth
Pill capsules containing ground, dried floral matter
Tom Wood, Women (2013)
H. Jackson Brown, The Complete Life’s Little Instruction Book (1991)
FEMICIST
I play the role of underground “femicist” replacing Brown’s prescriptions with placebo, floral capsules. I add disclaimers, some witty and some serious, in response to the doctor’s patriarchal orders.
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I begin to make floral arrangements, specifically in context of female funerals. I research mourning and memorialization customs across cultures.
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I collect inanimate objects commonly found in female life: tampon, pill bottle, jewelry box, and undergarment. I assemble a dried rose to each.
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I’m drawn to the contrast of the contemporary pill bottle and traditional rose. I create prototypes and incorporate H. Jackson Brown’s and Tom Wood’s works on pharmacy labels.
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I refurbish a medicine cabinet to store the bottles, painting it entirely black as a nod to the Dutch Masters. The cabinet has a mirrored interior and is crowned with an overgrown floral arrangement.