AMERICAN MUSCLE AND FAILED HYBRIDS 2004

Dominican Republic, Honduras, Chile, Iran, Iraq...American Muscle explores the serial intervention and imposition of US policy on sovereign nations by embedding the river systems of these nations into the engorged flesh of bodybuilders. Students of geopolitics will recall names alluding to a variety of covert US actions and geographic locations.

  1. Condor (Chile) 60x60 2004 conte crayon on paper
  2. Boca del Toro (Panama) 60x60 2004 conte crayon on paper
  3. Cradle of Civilization (Iraq) 60x60 2004 conte crayon on paper
  4. Cuba Libre (Cuba) 40x60 2004 conte crayon on paper
  5. Hispaniola (Haiti / Domincan Republic) 40x40 2004 conte crayon on paper
  6. Tournament of Shadows (Afghanistan) 40x40 2004 conte crayon on paper
  7. Ajax (Iran) 40x40 2004 conte crayon on paper
  8. Playa de Los Muertos (El Salvador) 60x70 2004 conte crayon on paper
  9. American Hybrid #1 40x40 2004 conte crayon on paper
  10. American Hybrid #2 40x40 2004 conte crayon on paper
  11. American Hybrid #3 60x60 2004 conte crayon on paper
  12. Rose #2 (American Hybrid #5) 40x40 2004 conte crayon on paper