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''Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer'' (Wanderer Above the Mist) by Caspar David Friedrich, 1818.
''Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer'' (Wanderer Above the Mist) by Caspar David Friedrich, 1818.


My work, an untitled collection of objects, looks to explore ideas surrounding cultural and historic value. The construction of identity, place, politics and economy are implicated, as are references to museology, the Romantic and Classical periods, and contemporary art practice.
untitled (a collection of objects)
 
My work looks to explore ideas surrounding cultural and historic value. The construction of identity, place, politics and economy are implicated, as are references to museology, the Romantic and Classical periods, and contemporary art practice.


The collection takes form as a series of objects made from plaster, paper, and wax, and voice recordings (audible through headphones). The objects include miniature masks taken from statuettes of German cultural figures, as well as traces of other common items and imagery.  
The collection takes form as a series of objects made from plaster, paper, and wax, and voice recordings (audible through headphones). The objects include miniature masks taken from statuettes of German cultural figures, as well as traces of other common items and imagery.