press release
CLEANING HOUSE by Dallas native, CLAYTON SKIDMORE depicts architectural structures with scale models. His miniatures represent a metaphysical realm where the fantasy of building and destroying institutions can be perceived. Skidmore uses Homeland Security as an example of the anti-authoritarian interpretation of the domestic space as an institution. The attitude of asserting Living With Art as opposed to Going to See Art collapses and inspires the work in CLEANING HOUSE.
CLEANING HOUSE consists of a video projection of “Thru Albers to Richter” in the front room, a film shoot of a burning model of Homeland Security in the backyard, and a video feed of the footage playing on the bedroom television. CLEANING HOUSE represents both a cleansing sacrificial act and a violation, Skidmore along with Homeland Security houses questions of cultural inheritance and the role personal places play under the weight of public organizations.
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Homeland Security website
Cleaning House from Clayton Skidmore on Vimeo.