{"id":161,"date":"2018-01-05T14:24:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T21:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monicabock.com\/homesick\/?p=161"},"modified":"2019-06-24T10:50:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T17:50:52","slug":"exodus-trilogy-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/monicabock.com\/homesick\/?p=161","title":{"rendered":"Exodus Trilogy, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sheet lead, galvanized nails. 76\u201d x 85\u201d x \u00bc\u201d<\/p>\n

The title piece of three comprising\u00a0Exodus Trilogy (exodus, faygele, \/’fa\u0261\u0259t\/)<\/em>, an installation created on-site in the 10’x8’x10′ project room at UConn’s Benton Museum of Art. Searching for meaning and motivation in the wake of the 2016 Presidential election, I thought of the pile of toxic lead scraps left over in my studio. I associated its smoldering power with the burning bush from Exodus, as a fury that fuels without consuming. Organized by size, and nailed to the wall, the lead lashes made an inverted triangle, appearing as a defiant symbol of discarded and persecuted communities.<\/p>\n


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faygele, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cast iron, sheet lead, painted wood. 4\u00bd\u201d x 23\u201d x 3\u00bd\u201d<\/p>\n

The second piece comprising Exodus Trilogy<\/em>. Three unfinished iron casting of my daughter’s right hand hold small piles of half-oval lead sheet cutouts, salvaged from the same process that created the leftovers used for the title piece in the trilogy. Faygele is Yiddish for little bird, used as a term of endearment for a little girl, and as a derogatory epithet for a gay man, perhaps as a softer alliteration of \/’fa\u0261\u0259t\/.<\/p>\n

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\/’fa\u0261\u0259t\/, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sheet lead, cut nail. \u00a011\u201d x 4\u201d x 1\u201d<\/p>\n

The third piece comprising Exodus Trilogy. Spelled phonetically to encourage viewers to Google it, the title points to the etymology of the word faggot, used to describe a bundle of sticks gathered for fuel, an impoverished old widow, and, along with faygele, a gay man.<\/p>\n

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Exodus Trilogy Artist Gallery Talk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

exodus, 2017 Sheet lead, galvanized nails. 76\u201d x 85\u201d x \u00bc\u201d The title piece of three comprising\u00a0Exodus Trilogy (exodus, faygele, \/’fa\u0261\u0259t\/), an installation created on-site in the 10’x8’x10′ project room at UConn’s Benton Museum of Art. Searching for meaning and motivation in the wake of the 2016 Presidential election, I thought of the pile of … <\/p>\n

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