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sculpture of photograph in artificial puddle by Rena Leinberger
inkjet prints, gloss varnish, clear elmers glue, PVA glue, found bucket with collected leak and debris
variable
2011
sculpture of photograph in artificial puddle by Rena Leinberger
inkjet prints, gloss varnish, clear elmers glue, PVA glue, found bucket with collected leak and debris
variable
2011
sculpture of photograph in artificial puddle with fake 2x4s by Rena Leinberger at Smack Mellon
plastic drop cloth, gloss acrylic varnish and elmers glue, painters tape, inkjet prints, cardboard, contact paper
variable
2011
sculpture of photograph in artificial puddle with fake 2x4s by Rena Leinberger at Smack Mellon
plastic drop cloth, inkjet prints, gloss acrylic varnish and clear elmers glue, painter's tape, cardboard, contact paper
variable
2011
sculpture of sandpaper brick on a rope by Rena Leinberger
sandpaper, rope, railroad spike
approx. 36 x 6 x 4 inches
2011
paint made from painters tape by Rena Leinberger
painters tape, paint roller, tray
variable
2010
paint made from painters tape by Rena Leinberger
painters tape, paint roller, tray
dimensions variable
2010
installation of floorboards in contact paper by Rena Leinberger
contact paper on floor
dimensions variable
2010
installation of floorboards in contact paper by Rena Leinberger
contact paper on floor
dimensions variable
2010
sculpture made of asphalt, asphalt paper by Rena Leinberger
asphalt, asphalt paper, india ink
16 x 9 x 2 inches
2009
cardboard pallet sculpture by Rena Leinberger
cardboard and cinder blocks
17 x 40 x 48 inches
2009
cardboard pallet sculpture by Rena Leinberger
cardboard and cinder blocks
17 x 40 x 48
2009
cardboard 2x4 sculpture by Rena Leinberger
cardboard, pine, latex paint
96 x 24 x 4 inches
2009
cardboard 2x4 sculpture by Rena Leinberger
cardboard, pine, latex paint
96 x 36 x 4 inches
2009
wall crack installation with nail by Rena Leinberger
nail and graphite on wall
variable
2009
brick and felt sculpture by Rena Leinberger
wool felt and brick
15 x 66 x 3 inches
2009
brick and felt sculpture by Rena Leinberger
wool felt and brick
15 x 66 x 3 inches
2009

Objects, images and building materials taken from the related processes of construction and entropy form the basis of these works. I rebuild aspects of these environments and utilize shifts in materials determined through a reciprocal logic, often duplicating a prefabricated material that is itself a simulation of an older building process.

The substitutions are casual, even off-handed, and aesthetically slight – it looks about like what it is – and flimsier than the original. While these works produce an inquiry into material failure, artifice, and progress, the works primarily collect and gather these objects and materials into unexpected moments, expanding into the tiniest pathos of these contemplations.