Mobile Global

2007
steel, casters, plywood, carpet
variable 30′ x 25′ x 3′

Several spools dispense carpeting onto mobile planes to produce a fragmented floor of shifting patterns. The numerous parts of the floor can roll about, changing the configuration of the floor and the juxtapositions of its colors and patterns.

Sole Contact

Katonah Museum of Art, NY 1996 high-density polyethylene, painted steel, rubber, vinyl, gravel, and alabaster 5' x 13' x 12' Sole Contact sets the terms of a ritual action surrounding an act of touch, ...

DisThermia

2017 wool blanket and stones 78" x 48" x 3"

Devices

1986-93 Sculpture Center, New York, NY 1993Jeffrey Schiff's devices center on the psychologically resonant physicality of the tool. Their formal elegance suggests careful design rather than ad-hoc ingenuity. This leads one ...

Interruptions

2016 Epson ink-jet photograph, aluminum, rocks 15" x 20" x 2"

from L’Encyclopédie: Miroitier

1998 wood, steel, lead, felt, cloth, stone, glass, bamboo, raccoon, plaster, etc. Variable dimensions, approx. 7'x25'x15 This project is based on the engraved plates of Diderot's 18th-century Encyclopedia. The project entails an attempt ...

The Library Project

2003 with James Jacobus, Myra Rasmussen, and Aki Sasamoto The Library Project is an installation of nine artworks that explore the nature of the library--its vastness, its proliferation, and the peculiarities of ...

Double Vision: Terra (Cotta) Incognito

Terra-cotta, wheat each urn 11"-12" high installation dimensions variable A field of dozens of terra cotta urns filled with wheat, several smashed open on site to reveal an inner form.

Deux Ex Machina

Williams College Museum of Art 1988 limestone, wood, and steel 24' x 11' x 5' Collection of Williams College Museum of Art Grinder A hand-operated grinding mechanism is clamped to one of the Ionic columns ...