looking north

looking south

looking west

looking east

overhead

overhead looking northward

more overhead northward

looking westward from foundry

looking southeast

looking southeastward

I think they were red ones

White plaster coated pattern; dried chrysanthemums in pot with red foil; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (January All Is Light And Dark Series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 16.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Dried Flowers

Tribal name: Titan Manus Province, Manus island, southeast coast. Tawi, Wal, M’buke, Johnson, Baluan, Tilianu, Bundro, and Rambutyo islands.

Artist name: I Think They Were Red Ones

Conception number: 525

Made number: 710

after mother’s day

tossed out in the rubbish bins

yearly sentiment

faggot

Plaster coated pattern; bundle of twigs; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (January - All Is LIght And Dark Series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 6.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Bundle of Sticks

Tribal name: Toaripi Gulf Province, Cape Possession to Cape Cupola, Kerema is a main town.

Artist name: Faggot

Conception number: 840

Made number: 711

the younger workers

the bullying never stops

I’m in my fifties

in winter all is white

Monochromatic pattern; wooden clothes pins; modeling clay; plaster; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (January - All Is Light And Dark Series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.5”W x 8.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Clothes Pins

Tribal name: Tobo Morobe Province, upper Kuat river valley, south of Cromwell Range.

Artist name: In Winter All Is White

Conception number: 088

Made number: 712

just a thin snowfall

suddenly all is whiteness

even just one day

turnings

Pattern; lathes shavings; white spray paint; plaster; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (January - All Is Light And Dark Series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Lathe Shavings

Tribal name: Tok Pisin Mainly north half of country, well established in Port Moresby, into other regions.

Artist name: Turnings

Conception number: 841

Made number: 713

hopping white spiders

white mold grows in my cellar

even webs are white

bridges

Plaster coated pattern; shaved wooden sticks; shellac; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (January - All Is Light And Dark).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Shellacked Sticks

Tribal name: Tokano Eastern Highlands Province, Goroka district

Artist name: Bridges

Conception number: 839

Made number: 714

my feet can not grab

moist logs over the waters

I fear falling in

white dots on dark bones

Plaster coated pattern; shaved wooden sticks; casting plaster; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (January - All Is Light And Dark Series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: White Dots On Black Bones

Tribal name: Tomoip East New Britain Province, Pomio district, Wide Bay to Waterfall Bay and interior; West New Britain Province, Talasea district, inland from Open bay, very small border area.

Artist name: White Dots On Dark Bones

Conception number: 133

Made number: 715

whiteness is deathness

so many dots - a full life

one year for each dot

audience

Plaster coated pattern; aluminum rivets; copper rivet; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (January - All Is Light And Dark Series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Screws

Tribal name: Torau Bougainville Province, southeast coast, north of Kieta.

Artist name: Audience

Conception number: 86

Made number: 716

three hundred thousand people

not a lot of diverseness

seems that all is white

bonin' for summer in Reykjavik

Painted white plaster coated backing pattern; black and white image of a male; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Iceland In January - Male

Tribal name: Torricelli East Sepik Province, Maprik district; Sandaun Province, west of Kombio. 5 villages.

Artist name: Bonin’ For Summer In Reykjavik

Conception number: 843

Made number: 717

Note: Photo/Image of/by J.S.

Note: It never gets to summer in Iceland. The temperature only gets to the high sixties Fahrenheit. A funny advertisement for an outdoor clothing company has a slogan - “Waiting for summer since 1934”. (The year the company was founded).

bonin' for summer too

See notes for male.

Theme - Reykjavik in winter.

White painted plaster backing pattern; black and white image of female; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series)

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Iceland In Winter - Female

Tribal name: Toura Central Province, Galley Reach area, 50 km northwest of Port Moresby.

Artist name: Bonin’ For Summer Too

Conception number: 844

Made number: 718

NOTE: Photo image of/by L.H.