WHAT’S LEFT BEHIND

People ask me how I manage to find toys in abandoned factories. Actually, I am often amazed by all that’s been left behind or thrown away in these most unlikely places. The toys are just the easiest artifacts to carry out. My assemblage, “Shrek” is based on the Sol Lenzer Bottling Works at Jefferson and Genesee Avenues. Since the roof collapsed, nature has started to reclaim the space. Inside, along with little knicknacks, I found a piano and a truck. They are probably still there, too heavy and dangerous to move. On the outside of Lenzer’s is graffiti by the prolific ‘ATAK’. His tag shows up on the side of my assemblage too. Lenzer’s is on the mayor’s top ten list for demolition but manages to hang on.

“Shrek” will be on view at the Buffalo Society of Artists’ 117^th Catalogue Exhibition. The opening is Sunday, September 15^th, from 2 - 5pm at the Kenan Center at 433 Locust Street in Lockport, NY and the show continues through October 13^th.