From the series: Proof of Purchase
Mixed media with found packaging, thread, hardware, and resin
22 x 28 inches
2026
Description:
Display Only examines aesthetic neutrality and the quiet authority of occupying the societal default. Constructed from consumer packaging and preserved beneath resin, the portrait references fashion display, advertising imagery, and the controlled calm of retail presentation.
The subject’s expression is tranquil, composed, almost detached. Unlike its companion piece Shelf Stable, which carries visible tension and labor-coded references, Display Only embodies the ease of being positioned as standard.
In this work, the subject’s original eyes have been exchanged with those of a Black woman from Shelf Stable. The transplant is intentional. Vision becomes transferable; reassigned across bodies to expose how perception itself is structured by hierarchy. Who is seen as neutral? Who is read as product? Who must work, and who is simply displayed?
Food packaging materials embedded into the garment flatten nourishment into design, echoing how identity is often reduced to surface aesthetics within consumer culture. Sealed beneath resin, the portrait exists in a suspended state; pristine, preserved, untouchable.
Display Only does not depict violence overtly. Instead, it reveals the quiet architecture of advantage and how being perceived as default can appear effortless while remaining structurally constructed.
From the series: Proof of Purchase
Mixed media with found packaging, thread, hardware, and resin
22 x 28 inches
2026
Description:
Display Only examines aesthetic neutrality and the quiet authority of occupying the societal default. Constructed from consumer packaging and preserved beneath resin, the portrait references fashion display, advertising imagery, and the controlled calm of retail presentation.
The subject’s expression is tranquil, composed, almost detached. Unlike its companion piece Shelf Stable, which carries visible tension and labor-coded references, Display Only embodies the ease of being positioned as standard.
In this work, the subject’s original eyes have been exchanged with those of a Black woman from Shelf Stable. The transplant is intentional. Vision becomes transferable; reassigned across bodies to expose how perception itself is structured by hierarchy. Who is seen as neutral? Who is read as product? Who must work, and who is simply displayed?
Food packaging materials embedded into the garment flatten nourishment into design, echoing how identity is often reduced to surface aesthetics within consumer culture. Sealed beneath resin, the portrait exists in a suspended state; pristine, preserved, untouchable.
Display Only does not depict violence overtly. Instead, it reveals the quiet architecture of advantage and how being perceived as default can appear effortless while remaining structurally constructed.
