Fin de Siècle

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1994. Bricolage. 5 x 5 x 11″. Private Collection.
White board from work table of deceased artist friend. Legs gift from another artist friend, gesso, lined with bee’s wax, found objects. On looking thru small lens one sees a pale white glowing square surrounded with black. When box is opened the bee’s wax lined interior glows and wafts its aroma.
(collaged text)” We test the concept as we test the thing, by its implications And we know the thing only by our experience of its aspects the word play is an active relation between the observer and his world.”