Sculpture for Day Laborers, 2007
Sculpture for Day Laborers is a site-specific work that refers to the reality of labor in a setting of idealized leisure. Long Branch, NJ is a beach town, in which there is a distinct dividing line between the beach front condos & retail development and what lies inland just a few blocks away. This lot is across the street from where day laborers wait for work. I interviewed them and asked for words they think of
when they think of summer, then I used the words in the sculpture. I wanted the day laborers to have something to look at that reminds them of summer while they wait there everyday, representing a conceptual landscape for them to enjoy just as vacationers enjoy the shore.

Sculpture for Day Laborers, 2007

Sculpture for Day Laborers, 2007