Reclamation
18’ 3” x 32’ 6” x 8’ 5”
Shou-Sugi-Ban Douglas fir, steel, aircraft cable, used motor oil
2015
2015 Artist Intern
Artist Statement
Before, the lumber was a tree, the tree was processed into lumber, the lumber was used in buildings, the buildings lived, the buildings were torn down, the lumber was discarded or saved, the lumber was made into art, the art lived, the art was burned, the art died, the art becomes lumber again, the lumber degrades, its death leaves the soil nutrient rich, a sapling consumes the nutrients.
This work evokes death and rebirth. The tripod creates the tension linking these two realties. The action depicts a moment frozen in time; an everlasting struggle.
Monroe Isenberg
Born: Minneapolis, MN, USA, 1991
Resides: Washington DC, USA
Education
MFA, University of Maryland, 2019
BA, Lewis and Clark College, 2013