We Float Above – Michael Jones McKean

we float above to spit and sing
2014

Emerson Dorsch, Miami Florida

The Garden
wood, shellac, wax, prosthetic silicone, makeup, jewelry, hair, fabric, lights, stainless steel, resin, rubber, tar, plastic, embedded meteorite fragments including: Canyon Diablo Meteorite, northern Arizona, estimated fall 50,000 years ago; Campo del Cielo Meteorite, Argentina, estimated fall 4000 BC; Gibeon Meteorite, Namibia, no recorded fall, discovered 1836; Oued el Hadjar Meteorite, Morocco, recorded fall 1986; Sikhote-Alin Meteorite Eastern Siberia, recorded fall 1947; Katol, Meteorite India, recorded fall 2012; Bondoc Meteorite, Philippines, no recorded fall, year found 1956; Nantan Meteorite, China, recorded fall 1516, year authenticated 1958

64 x 229 x 9 in. | 162 x 582 x 23 cm.

The Garden, detail

The Comedy
wood, human hair, wig, resin, plastic, paint, lights, stainless steel

37.5 x 82 x 9 in. | 95 x 210 x 23 cm.

The Comedy, detail

we float above to spit and sing, installation view

Gliese 667C c, Kepler-22b, Kepler-69 c, Kepler-62e, Tau Ceti e, Gliese 180 c, Gliese 667C f, Gliese 180 b, HD 40307 g, Kepler-61 b, Kepler-62 f, Kepler-186 f, Gliese 180 b, Gliese 682 b, Kepler-296 f
wood, black and white print, tape, resin, SeaMarker rescue dye, paint, insects

48 x 46 x 2.25 in. | 122 x 117 x 6 cm.

we float above to spit and sing
wood, black and white print, tape, ink jet prints, resin, SeaMarker rescue dye, paint, insects

48 x 46 x 2 in. | 122 x 117 x 6 cm.

we float above to spit and sing, detail

we float above to spit and sing, installation view

colors passing through us
wood, paint, marine resin, meta-anthracite, medical cast, nail polish, morphine, vitamins, psychostimulants, gem stones, soot, plastic, lighting, stainless steel, green screen fabric

90 x 47 x 12 in. | 228 x 119 x 30 cm.

colors passing through us, detail

New Shard and Fruit
wood, ink jet prints, resin, paint

38 x 34 x 2.25 in. | 97 x 86 x 6 cm.

New Shard and Fruit, detail