Other People's Lives
2000
120" x 120" x 30"
2,000 lbs. of used clothing

Other People's Lives could be described as a conceptual group portrait. I managed to get hold of eight 250 lb. bales of used clothing and installed them in Houston's Artcar Museum where they were displayed (still baled) as a wall of clothing for a January 2000 show called Mania. At the conclusion of that show, we undid the bales and had dozens of people put the clothes on for a panoramic portrait. In April 2000, the clothes were installed at Lawndale Art Center in Houston for a solo show called Other People's Lives. Finally, the clothes were redistributed to charities around Houston and put back into use.