Janell O'Rourke : Sculpture

counterpoint 1
2019
mixed paper

counterpoint 2
2019
mixed paper

counterpoint 3
2019
mixed paper

counterpoint 4
2019
mixed paper

Sculpture Photo collage and re-constructed and painted found garden object with found plastic. Photo taken at Dead Horse Bay, Queens NY.

Closed to the Public
2021
Photo collage and re-constructed and painted found garden object with found plastic. Photo taken at Dead Horse Bay, Queens NY.
Sculpture H: 31"

The sculpture is a chimera, a hybrid; created to reveal the amount of plastic found inside dead sea bird’s stomachs. Parent birds sometimes mistake plastic waste as food to feed their chicks.
Photo taken at Dead Horse Bay in Queens, NY, and is part of the larger Jamaica Bay area, a migratory path for millions of birds each year; Dead Horse Bay was closed to the public in 2020 due to the high volume of toxic waste and contamination.

Sculpture re-constructed and painted found garden object with found plastic

Small Fury
2017
re-constructed and painted found garden object with found plastic
H: 31''

detail

Sculpture formed rice paper, ink, plastic

Shapes
2017
formed rice paper, ink, plastic

Sculpture formed rice paper, ink, twigs, plastic

Family
2013
formed rice paper, ink, twigs, plastic