Portfolio > Radiator Sculptures

This series not only re-invents the ready-made genre, but introduces the concept of heat as a formal quality in sculpture making. It illustrates both my desire to champion the genre of object making, including a nod to modernist formalism, as well as a conceptual yearning for introducing notions of de-materialization (the use of heat as a formal element) and object appropiation.

I make all the functional boiler tanks myself by melting down cast iron radiators in a specially designed furnace, usually in front of amazed spectators. The resulting castings are assembled into the barrel-like forms at the bottom of the compositions. These are filled with water, heated with electricity and the resulting steam fills the radiators that generate heat once again.

Articulation No. 2 (wax melting)
cast iron, steel, steam heat, wax
77” x 60” x 60”
2004
Self Portrait at 252 Broome St., NYC
cast iron, steel, steam heat, bronze
76" x 36" x 21"
2003
Self Portrait at 252 Broome St., NYC (detail)
cast iron, steel, steam heat, bronze
76” x 36” x 21”
2003
104-39 116th St., Queens
cast iron, steel, steam heat
94” x 36” x 21”
2003
104-39 116th St., Queens  (detail)
cast iron, steel, steam heat
94” x 36” x 21”
2003
Iron Madonna
nickel plated brass, cast iron, heat
30” x 9” x 9”
2004
Unknown Urban Radiators
cast iron, steel, steam heat
75” x 34” x 24”
2002
434 E. 9th St., NYC
cast iron, steel, steam heat
89” x 36” x 23”
2003
Our Lady of Carroll Gardens (Aura of the Virgin)
cast iron, steel, steam heat
85" x 52" x 48"
2002
300 Meserole St., Brooklyn
cast iron, steel, steam heat
74” x 35” x 24”
2002
32-34 E. 2nd St., NYC
cast iron, steel, steam heat
84” x 36” x 21”
2003
Diptych (wall sculpture)
cast iron, steel, steam heat
48” x 18” x 30”
2005
UK Radiator Sculpture
cast iron, steel, steam heat
18” x 12” x 25”
2007
120 St. Marks Pl., NYC
cast iron, steel, steam heat
106” x 35” x 24”
2003
29 Essex St., NYC
cast iron, steel, steam heat
68” x 36” x 18”
2005