Deirdre McConnell

A sculpture to both place and frame the viewer. A platform for the creation of relationships, exaltations, and non-verbal exchanges. Both sign and stage.

Visitors are invited to hark and come hither, gaze and be known, use bodies and voices, approximate.

Fabric, steel, iron, and incantation
Approximately 96" x 88" x 37"

Of bridges, clouds, love, flying, eating ears, the blood red moon, sleepwalking, and not reinventing yourself.

Slide show and live performance, approximately 10 minutes

I prompted artist Caroline Burghardt to design in words the place of her dreams. These are the paintings I made to populate that space.

Watercolor on paper

Each approximately 11 x 14"

Alternating, irregular circles of warm and cool, varied length and texture create both an optical and physical push-and-pull.  A soft target.

Tens of thousands of pieces of fabric, cotton mesh
53″ x 20″ x 12″

I've rearranged the components to suggest a fresh way of conducting our affair(s).

Limited Edition, Silkscreen on paper
11″ x 14″

And yours, and yours.

Paper, watercolor, wood, screws
Dimensions variable

We will it.

Fabric, thread, nails
96″ x 90″ x 24″

For whispering.

Cotton mesh, acrylic yarn
70″ x  58″ x 3″

We make it so.

Fabric, thread, wood
108″ x 72″ x 15″

A study on location.

Paper, handmade paper, foam, fabric, sculpey, foil
81″ x 72″ x .5″

Live performance of a hair hex-making and incantation (with Anna Mayer).  

Eternal Telethon, Los Angeles, CA

Link to full video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYyyBhNH_vc

And still.

Handmade paper, paper, foam, fabric
7″ x 7″ x 1.5″

You were being Sonny; you did well.

Single-channel video and live performance

You, Me and All of Our Friends at Gowanus Studio Space

Ours.

(Entirely) Handmade paper
11″ x 17″ each