https://charliearsenault.work Charlie Arsenault Sat, 01 Mar 2025 09:55:11 +0000 https://charliearsenault.work en https://charliearsenault.work/Cover-statement Sat, 01 Mar 2025 09:55:11 +0000 Charlie Arsenault https://charliearsenault.work/Cover-statement <img width="2906" height="3838" width_o="2906" height_o="3838" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e1d9a2f3c91903a37d80d088a02ba6a65f6a673f68189427b2a269974f33ffa/20231111_THIS-THAT_DFBRL8R-at-SITE_less_Charlie-Arsenault-Photo-by-Bernard-Colbert_2584-copy.jpg" data-mid="235586764" border="0" data-scale="67" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e1d9a2f3c91903a37d80d088a02ba6a65f6a673f68189427b2a269974f33ffa/20231111_THIS-THAT_DFBRL8R-at-SITE_less_Charlie-Arsenault-Photo-by-Bernard-Colbert_2584-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2840" height="2666" width_o="2840" height_o="2666" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/10c3d273fd461672e93461004b288eaa96acc022505e30ac7f30ffec75d8c5e8/20231111_THIS-THAT_DFBRL8R-at-SITE_less_Charlie-Arsenault-Photo-by-Bernard-Colbert_2555-copy.jpg" data-mid="235586763" border="0" data-scale="94" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/10c3d273fd461672e93461004b288eaa96acc022505e30ac7f30ffec75d8c5e8/20231111_THIS-THAT_DFBRL8R-at-SITE_less_Charlie-Arsenault-Photo-by-Bernard-Colbert_2555-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ede3b939c4343c801570e5ca39d57bf6a43e1ef5024950ecf51a2dfac8934916/20231111_THIS-THAT_DFBRL8R-at-SITE_less_Charlie-Arsenault-Photo-by-Bernard-Colbert_2576-copy.jpg" data-mid="235593371" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ede3b939c4343c801570e5ca39d57bf6a43e1ef5024950ecf51a2dfac8934916/20231111_THIS-THAT_DFBRL8R-at-SITE_less_Charlie-Arsenault-Photo-by-Bernard-Colbert_2576-copy.jpg" /> Photos by Bernard Colbert; Worms 4, Defibrillator at SITE less, Chicago IL, 2023&nbsp; Statement Actions activate the meaning embedded in my sculptures. Found objects add history; surrogate bile gives it life. I hand flashlights to viewers and tell them to point so I can pull them in. They encircle small branches and an old mug cradling ineffectual rape whistles and wet soft parts all cut into with a knife; crochet yarn sculptures twisting into immense bulbs of texture heaving under its weight, trying to move. I pull raw beef heart from his back as he collapses to the floor, the music swells. I want you to react: touch, talk, gasp or turn away; to bring fresh eyes to the things I am closest to: things inside me.