Schnitzel mit Spätzle Drawing

When I was little, I took things apart. Typewriters, clothing, radios...... I put them back together - usually with many leftover parts. But, they looked a whole lot better - at least to me. My work always revolves around taking things apart and putting them back together. A process of deconstruction and reconstruction. My goal is transformation, reconciliation, and redemption. What didn't work before, now does. I deconstruct an existing narrative and write a new story. It is a salvaging process. The technique I use first builds a structure for the work. It gives an underlying parameter of what was and what will be. I like the past; it needs to be part of the future. Then I add collaborative elements that enhance while not eliminating its base. People constantly ask me, "Well, what is it?" Can a preexisting idea be deconstructed and reconstructed as something new? Ultimately, the work addresses questions of boundaries. Where does the previous stage stop and what do additional layers of meaning add?
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