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Artist Statement: This piece is a meditation on irony, Americana, and cinematic myth-making, using The Big Lebowski as both material and metaphor. The image at the center is of Richard Nixon bowling, a photograph that hangs in the Dude’s home as he prepares White Russians. Despite Nixon representing a political ideology the Dude would almost certainly reject, the act of bowling flattens the power dynamic: to the Dude, they are simply two bowlers. That gesture of unexpected equality is the axis on which this work turns. The bowling ball is formed from fibers pulled from an outdoor rug - a direct reference to the Dude’s own rug, famously “tying the room together.” The thread-drawn figure of Nixon is surrounded by starbursts echoing those found in the film’s bowling alley and its end credits, grounding this depiction in the shared visual language of leisure, nostalgia, and surreal Americana. The title, Stranger in the Alps, references the infamous censored cable-TV version of Walter’s explosive line - “This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass” - sanitized to “This is what happens when you meet a stranger in the Alps.” The absurdity of this edit speaks to the broader themes of the work: how meaning is distorted, reframed, or softened for consumption. Here, the sanitized replaces the profane, the political becomes domestic, and the ridiculous becomes sacred. Ultimately, this piece explores what it means to share space with contradiction - whether it’s a rug, a president, or a censored myth - and how that space still manages to hold.
Title: Stranger in the Alps
Medium: Embroidery, felt, rug fibers, thread 2025
Dimensions (h x w x d): 50x34in
Price: $400
Artist Statement: This piece is a meditation on irony, Americana, and cinematic myth-making, using The Big Lebowski as both material and metaphor. The image at the center is of Richard Nixon bowling, a photograph that hangs in the Dude’s home as he prepares White Russians. Despite Nixon representing a political ideology the Dude would almost certainly reject, the act of bowling flattens the power dynamic: to the Dude, they are simply two bowlers. That gesture of unexpected equality is the axis on which this work turns. The bowling ball is formed from fibers pulled from an outdoor rug - a direct reference to the Dude’s own rug, famously “tying the room together.” The thread-drawn figure of Nixon is surrounded by starbursts echoing those found in the film’s bowling alley and its end credits, grounding this depiction in the shared visual language of leisure, nostalgia, and surreal Americana. The title, Stranger in the Alps, references the infamous censored cable-TV version of Walter’s explosive line - “This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass” - sanitized to “This is what happens when you meet a stranger in the Alps.” The absurdity of this edit speaks to the broader themes of the work: how meaning is distorted, reframed, or softened for consumption. Here, the sanitized replaces the profane, the political becomes domestic, and the ridiculous becomes sacred. Ultimately, this piece explores what it means to share space with contradiction - whether it’s a rug, a president, or a censored myth - and how that space still manages to hold.
Title: Stranger in the Alps
Medium: Embroidery, felt, rug fibers, thread 2025
Dimensions (h x w x d): 50x34in
Price: $400