David Schuster
Topsy-Turvy, 2017, Foundation sealant, Latex paint, cornstalk, window screen, agricultural bag, button, and detritus, 77.5 x 48 inches
While walking a disked autumn cornfield I observed that an upturned cornstalk resembled a tree. I have used the cornstalk to suggest an agricultural landscape and as a metaphor for the danger our need to continuously increase food production places upon the order of nature.
Details of this piece are shown below.
