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Consuming Questions

2016

contemporary consumer goods encased in red Missouri mud stabilized by PVA
26’l x 5’ average height x 40” d.

Photos: E.G. Schempf

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World Tangle

2010

bamboo roots, 24" diameter.

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brown clay, paper, glue on steel mesh, 5'3" x 22" dia , 5'3" x 24" x 16"

Detail of surface.

plaster, red clay, paper and glue, on steel mesh, 5'8" x 16" x 16"

Detail of surface.

Nature Study

(from mud daubers nests)
1999

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Missouri clay with paper, glue, plaster, fabric, steel mesh and brackets, double cell at top - 5' 5" x 24" x 18" single cell at bottom 5' 8" x 16" x 16"

Missouri clay with paper, glue, plaster, fabric, steel mesh and brackets, fragments at top 5' 5" x 18" x 16" and single cell at bottom, 5' 8" x 16" x 16".

Nature Study

(for Mud Dauber Cells)
1999

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Small Mason Wasp Nests, 1999, paper clay with glue on steel mesh, 30” x8” x 12”.

Small Mason Wasp Nests

Collection Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS.

1999

Paper clay with glue on steel mesh, 30" x 8" x 12".

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RAW BALLS

1997, Massachusetts’ kelp and Missouri Mud, 2-4” diameter.

Collection

Various found objects: Large leaf, mud dauber nests (one built on a life preserver strap), cigar fragment, sponges, locust pod, skate egg cases, etc.

SAC: SELF PORTRAIT
1998-99

Kelp, glue, felt, beeswax,
5'5" x 18" x 9".

SAC: SELF PORTRAIT
1998-99

Kelp, glue, felt, beeswax,
5'5" x 18" x 9", detail.

BOWL
1995

Steel belted tire pieces, plaster, paint, rubber, 3 x 3 x 2' H.

Source and Substance Series

Solo Show, Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.Oklahoma,
1999

The exhibition consisted of sculpture, drawings and vitrines containing natural materials and objects that McCoy has collected. The materials and objects, shown in an foyer adjacent to the gallery, inform McCoy’s production by providing actual materials and/or sculptural form as sources

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DETAIL.

Reconstituted Floor

1997-99

(Approved Dustbin Series), all sawdust and sanding belts from refinishing floor, glue and text from Calvino’s “The Approved Dustbin”

6’x10’x2”

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I PLACE MY FEET WITH CARE IN SUCH A WORLD
1994

Kelp wax, thread, felt, life sized.

A PIECE OF BURNED MEAT
(lines from Jane Kenyon's poem Having It Out With Melancholy, 7."Pardon", Constance), 1993-94,

Wax and sgrafitto on paper, 14" x 14".

CHILDHOOD
1993-4

Compacted cockle burrs, 5 cubes each 10 x 10 x 10".

CHILDHOOD
1993-4

Compacted cockle burrs, 5 cubes each 10 x 10 x 10", detail.

CORE SAMPLE: SELF PORTRAIT
1994
earth from every place I've lived, 1" equals 1 year, earth from Missouri, Louisiana, Illinois, Alabama, Minnesota, Maine, Missouri,

Glue, life cast bronze of my feet , cylinder, 43" x 12".

GUARDIAN
1991-94

Hand sewn kelp, thread, synthetic felt, hide glue, beeswax, straps, hollow core door on cement blocks, life-sized figure, 80" L x 24" W x 30" H.

GUARDIAN
1991-94

Hand sewn kelp, thread, synthetic felt, hide glue, beeswax, straps, hollow core door on cement blocks, life-sized figure, 80" L x 24" W x 30" H, detail.

ACTION: CONSTRUCTION OF GUARDIAN
1994

Plaster life cast, kelp backed with natural latex and waxed felt, needles, thread, water, custom sand bags, solo exhibition, Under the Skin, Williams College Art Museum, Williamstown, MA.

ACTION: CONSTRUCTION OF GUARDIAN
1994

Plaster life cast, kelp backed with natural latex and waxed felt, needles, thread, water, custom sand bags, detail of McCoy sewing during Under the Skin at Williams College Art Museum, Williamstown, MA.

THE SWIMMER
1993-94

Sea lettuce, hide glue, synthetic felt, cord, rattan, 7' x 15' W x 10' D.

I DON'T ALWAYS GET THERE
1994

Wax, plaster, wood, moss, rattan, synthetic felt, 35" W x 37" H x 10" D.

MODERN TIMES: DOUBLE SELF PORTRAIT CONCERNING EXORCISM AND LEAPING
1993-94

Kelp, glue, wood, wax, fabric, and shellac, 14' W x 9.5' H x1'D

MODERN TIMES: DOUBLE SELF PORTRAIT CONCERNING EXORCISM AND LEAPING
1993-94

Kelp, glue, wood, wax, fabric, and shellac, 14' W x 9.5' H x1'D,

Side view.

OBJECTS MADE TO MAKE OTHER OBJECTS
1994

Aluminum pan with kelp, steel molds, work gloves, plastic pail with shellaced synthetic felt, 3' x 20" x 2'

OBJECTS MADE TO MAKE OTHER OBJECTS
1994

Wood, sheet metal, duct tape, screws, plaster, 15" W x 40" H x 15" D.

PRODUCTION PROCESS DRAWINGS
(Courting The Accident)
1993-94

Wax, shellac, pigments, clay, hide glue on synthetic felt and paper, kelp, plastic and collage, magnifying glass, size range 1" x 1", to 4" x 6".

Under the Skin

Solo Exhibition, Williams college Museum of Art. Williams college, Williamstown, MA.

1994