Word Series: Eight/Twelve/Twenty-Two

  • Recy­cled tea bags, acrylics, dowel

  • 84”H x 27”W

In response to wit­ness­ing the stab­bing of Salmon Rushdie on August 12, 2022, I cre­at­ed a pan­el in which the word WORDS repeat­ed­ly morphs into the word SWORD, as in the say­ing, ​“The pen is might­i­er than the sword.” The burned/​singed bot­tom edge of the pan­el reflects the dan­ger of cen­sor­ship past and present.

Word Series 8 12 22
Word Series 8 12 22 H