Rumors

Wave Hill

Bronx, NY

2018

Referencing the original, 19th-century Victorian villa on the site of what is now Wave Hill’s Glyndor House, Rumors reimagines iconic furniture pieces that might have existed here in years past, such as wicker chairs by Heywood-Wakefield. They served specific purposes: the fainting chair, for instance, invited women to recline and relax, while the têté-a-têté (head-to-head) chair encouraged conversation. This dynamic between object and viewer creates a quirky intimacy. Offering a place for gossip and rumors to not only be shared in private, but be performed. 

Rumors is composed of vividly-colored sculptures out of natural materials—cane from rattan palm and armatures out of wood. The wallpaper pattern consists of skewed layers of small, brightly colored dots. My intention is to create “seamful” works—with the artist’s hand and labor revealed—in contrast to high-end, minimal, modern furniture and commercially printed, seamlessly patterned wallpaper.