2019-2020
I’ve Got You, 3
I’ve Got You is a series of multi-media collage and assemblage works that spans four years. The series is broken up into three sections that show the evolution of the work. I’ve Got You began in 2017 as a series of paintings. Each work was first painted to accurately depict a family photograph. Parts of each painting were then erased to exclude that which I can’t remember. The series then evolved. Painted elements became fabric that was upholstered to the substrate. The stuffed figures became more universally relatable in their ambiguity. They were created to be tactile and composed of materials that are understood to be imbued with memories: pieces of aprons, table cloths, and clothing. The final iteration of the I’ve Got You series highlights the erasure and degradation of memory. Each work in this iteration of the series is created on pieces of a broken upholstered chair. Overall, this series examines how familial, cultural, and collective memories are affected by mediated images and attempts to reconstruct a more honest image from the broken pieces.