The Return Project
       
     
From Africa to the Americas (including To Cubism)
       
     
To Cubism
       
     
Brancusi's Alien Fascination (including Constantin)
       
     
Constantin, 2014
       
     
Fair Trade (Including Assisted Reconstruction)
       
     
Fair Trade
       
     
Tearless (including Never Forgetting Richter)
       
     
Never Forgetting Richter
       
     
RUN (including URN)
       
     
URN
       
     
The Rise of the Sun (includin The Fall of the Sun)
       
     
The Return Project
       
     
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The Return Project

Ongoing since 2014

The Return Project critically explores contemporary art practices by reconfiguring consumer objects within their original commercial contexts. Positioned within a commercial system, the project challenges the structures that assign value to art, questioning the frameworks that define both the art object and the artist.

The process involves purchasing an object, reconstructing it in the studio, and then returning it—transformed and authenticated as an artwork—to the store, where it re-enters circulation at the retailer’s price. This cycle is documented through a diptych of photographs and accompanied by a residual object formed from leftover fragments, each piece engaging with contemporary issues like geopolitics, economics, and cultural limitations.

From Africa to the Americas (including To Cubism)
       
     
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From Africa to the Americas (including To Cubism)

2014
C-print, wood, plexiglass

Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

To Cubism
       
     
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To Cubism

2014
Wood, stain, plexiglass

Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

Brancusi's Alien Fascination (including Constantin)
       
     
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Brancusi's Alien Fascination (including Constantin)

2014
C-print, steel, wood, stain

Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

Constantin, 2014
       
     
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Constantin, 2014

Detail

2014
Wood, steel, stain

Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

Fair Trade (Including Assisted Reconstruction)
       
     
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Fair Trade (Including Assisted Reconstruction)

2014
Transmounted chromogenic photo on metallic paper, plastic water bottle, straw, paper, water and watercolour pigment

Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

Fair Trade
       
     
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Fair Trade

Detail


Transmounted chromogenic photo on metallic paper

Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

Tearless (including Never Forgetting Richter)
       
     
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Tearless (including Never Forgetting Richter)

2014
Chromogenic print, wax, cotton, wood

Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

Never Forgetting Richter
       
     
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Never Forgetting Richter

Detail

2014
Wax, cotton, wood

Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

RUN (including URN)
       
     
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RUN (including URN)

2014
Transmounted Duratran print, LED light box, wood, steel wire, yoga mat foam, paint

Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

URN
       
     
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URN

2014
Wood, steel wire, yoga mat foam, paint

Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

The Rise of the Sun (includin The Fall of the Sun)
       
     
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The Rise of the Sun (includin The Fall of the Sun)

2014
Chromogenic print, textile

Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery