This sculpture begins with a wooden sled and a wire fish trap—objects rooted in their utility. Both are repurposed here into a vertical frame, recontextualized when placed in proximity to each other. At the top, a small bust of a woman studies a panel of black-and-white strips and a pair of plexiglass rods. One might imagine her as caught between two worlds: the workaday world she inhabits, represented by the sled and fish trap below, and the modern world to which she aspires, represented by the abstract collage she is viewing.
The work stands at the intersection of the readymade and Constructivism. Objects designed for their utility have been elevated into the aesthetic when reframed within an abstract composition.