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Build Therefore Your Own World

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“Every spirit builds itself a house, and beyond its house a world. . . Build therefore your own world″, 2017
Wood, vinyl text
167-1/2″ × 539-3/4″ × 377″ overall
Photo credit: Joshua White/JWPictures.com

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“Every spirit builds itself a house, and beyond its house a world. . . Build therefore your own world″ (detail), 2017
Wood, vinyl text
167-1/2″ × 539-3/4″ × 377″ overall
Photo credit: Joshua White/JWPictures.com

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“Every spirit builds itself a house, and beyond its house a world. . . Build therefore your own world″, 2017
Wood, vinyl text
167-1/2″ × 539-3/4″ × 377″ overall
Photo credit: Joshua White/JWPictures.com

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Installation view of “Build Therefore Your Own World″ at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, 2017
Photo credit: Joshua White/JWPictures.com

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Transcendental (Wheatley’s Desk, Emerson’s Chair), 2016
Painted wood
53-3/4″ × 34-1/4″ × 34-1/2″
Fabricator: Dyson & Womack
Photo credit: Joshua White/JWPictures.com

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Transcendental (Wheatley’s Desk, Emerson’s Chair) (detail), 2016
Painted wood
53-3/4″ × 34-1/4″ × 34-1/2″
Fabricator: Dyson & Womack
Photo credit: Joshua White/JWPictures.com

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Erasure, Appearance (Garrison’s Walking Stick, Thoreau’s pencil), 2016
Bronze with patina
48-7/8″ × 4-1/4″ × 7-3/8″
Fabricator: Dyson & Womack
Photo credit: Joshua White/JWPictures.com

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Erasure, Appearance (Garrison’s Walking Stick,Thoreau’s pencil) (detail), 2016
Bronze with patina
48-7/8″ × 4-1/4″ × 7-3/8″
Fabricator: Dyson & Womack
Photo credit: Joshua White/JWPictures.com

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Fieldstones (after Robin Coste Lewis’ Erasures), 2016
Bronze with patina
Six parts: 3-1/2″ × 10″ × 6-3/4″; 3-1/2″ × 8″ × 5-7/8″; 4-1/4″ × 9-1/4″ × 6-1/2″; 2-3/4″ × 7-3/4″ × 7-1/4″; 3-1/8″ × 10-3/4″ × 6-5/8″; 4-1/4″ × 8-1/8″ × 7-3/4″
Photo credit: Joshua White/JW Pictures.com

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Dream Map, Ursa Minor, 2016
Prison blanket, pennies, epoxy
61″ × 81″
Photo credit: Joshua White/JWPictures.com

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Dream Map, North Star, 2016
Prison blanket, pennies, epoxy
78-1/2″ × 42-1/2″
Photo credit: Joshua White/JWPictures.com

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Dream Map, Polaris, 2016
Military blanket, pennies, epoxy
63″ × 74″
Photo credit: Joshua White/JWPictures.com

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Dream Map, Polaris (detail), 2016
Military blanket, pennies, epoxy
63″ × 74″
Photo credit: Joshua White/JWPictures.com

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Installation view of “Build Therefore Your Own World″ at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, 2017
Photo credit: Joshua White/JWPictures.com

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Race Traitor, 2016
Carbon steel
14-1/8″ × 1-3/8″ × 1-3/8″
Photo credit: Joshua White/JWPictures.com

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Keep a Top Eye Open, Black Lives Matter, 2016
Archival digital print
25-3/4″ × 18-1/8″
Photo credit: Joshua White/JWPictures.com

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“God wills us free″ (John Jack’s Epitaph, Thoreau’s Flute) (installation view), 2016
Sandstone, bronze with patina
31″ × 21″ × 14″
Fabricator: Dyson & Womack
Photo credit: Joshua White/JWPictures.com

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“God wills us free″ (John Jack’s Epitaph, Thoreau’s Flute), 2016
Sandstone, bronze with patina
31″ × 21″ × 14″
Fabricator: Dyson & Womack
Photo credit: Joshua White/JWPictures.com

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“God wills us free″ (John Jack’s Epitaph, Thoreau’s Flute) (detail), 2016
Sandstone, bronze with patina
31″ × 21″ × 14″
Fabricator: Dyson & Womack
Photo credit: Joshua White/JWPictures.com

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