Photos by Anthony Scarlati
2012, Polychrome concrete, 19"x180"x88", Harpeth Knoll Park, Nashville, TN
Banana Pepper Cabinet, Burning, Red Chile Bench with Eggplants
1996, Wood, 116"x82'x54", collection: Schering-Plough Research Institute
2008, Lacquer on wood, 30"x60"x60"
2012, Wood, 35"x24"x9"
1996, Painted wood, 36'x120"x120", Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Int'l. Airport
Collections of furniture, sculpture, and more
Public art and site-specific commissioned artworks
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— Craig Nutt
In early March of 2020, I received an invitation from the Messler Gallery-part of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship to make a piece for a croquet-themed exhibition slated for June-October of that year.
I started with an idea to create a device to divine who to vote for in the upcoming presidential election based on advice from several carved talking heads, but that eventually morphed into this piece which focuses on the rhetoric surrounding the subject of immigration, migrants, and the border wall.
I have prepared this blog post to talk about how the work came together. What you make of it is up to you.
