| All works by Steven Brower, 1998/1999 unless otherwise noted. | |
| 1. | William Blake, "I Want! I Want!", 3" X 2.5", 1793, Etching |
| 2. | Plan view of gallery depicting installation of UTILITY |
| 3. | Fountain, 48" X 15" X 15", Working water fountain |
| 4. | Drawing of Kiosk, 18" X 24", Pencil on paper |
| 5. | Detail of Dam; Lombard-Freid's commode; Dam with Reservoir, 12" X 20" X 9", Plastic, metal, paint |
| 6. | 3 Drawings of Dam, 12" X 18" each, Pen on paper |
| 7. | Utility Pole, 20" X 3" X 5", Wood, plastic, metal |
| 8. | View of Lombard-Freid's bathroom with conduit |
| 9. | Observatory, 22" X 16" X 16", Wood, plastic, paint, video camera, metal |
| 10. | Drawing of Observatory, 18" X 25", Pen on paper |
| 11. | Model of Lombard-Freid gallery, 8" X 32" X 28", Foamcore and video monitor |
| 12. | Moon, 9" X 9" X 9", Plastic, paint |
| 13. | Drawing of Solar Collector, 14" X 11", Pen on paper |
| 14. | Sumac Orphan, Dimensions variable |
| 15. | Drawing of Waste Treatment Plant (detail), 18" X 26", Pencil on paper |
| 16. | Steam Engine and Boiler, 18" X 16" X 17", Metal |
| 17. | UTILITY installation view, gallery 1 |
| 18. | UTILITY installation view, gallery 2 |
| 19. | Drawing of Punch Clock, 14" X 11", Pencil on paper |
| 20. | Inspirational snapshot of Rest Stop in Northern Michigan with Reynolds-Corliss steam engine, kiosk, utility pole, trash can, barbecue grill and picnic table |
The information above is purely fictional. Even the facts are, since they have been generally wrested so completely from their contexts. In an attempt to account for a particular situation, that of having a show in a gallery, I found that I had to keep pulling farther and farther away from that situation to allow for important external factors.What I can make as artwork is dependent on things like my job, how big my living space is, what time the library closes, coffee, etc. I think this condition is fairly familiar to many people, and I make it my subject matter. Amazed at my level of dependence on the banal and the commonplace, I have found that if one wants to at least be self-aware, one must reconcile fact and fiction, and in a throwaway world of decreasing expectations, this proves increasingly difficult.
