Unprecedented is a salon-style installation of frames that reflects the pace and accumulation of the Trump-era news cycle. Each frame refers to the steady stream of “unprecedented” executive orders, events, and announcements. Shown here are several examples; new frames will continue to be made through January 20, 2029.


Operation Catch of the Day, 2026, construct, 16.5 x 16.5 x 2 inches
Shut Down: Still Life, 2025, construct,21.5 x 15.5 x 3 inches
Three Branches, 2025, construct, 12 x 10 x 5.5 inches
Executive Order 14210: Implementing The President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Workforce Optimization, 2025, construct, 14 x 11 x 1.5 inches
Executive Order 14151: Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Peferencing, 2025, construct, 4.5 x 4.5 x 1 inches
Blueprint for Erasure, 2025, construct,13 x 13 x 1.5 inches
Theater of Hegemonic Masculinity, 2026, construct, 13 x 12 x 1 inches
Semper Fidelis, 2025, construct 11.5 x 30.5 x 1 inches
Alien Enemies Act, 2025, construct, 22 x 17 x 2.5 inches
America’s New Draft, 2026, construct, 15.5 x 11 inches
Call Jane, 2026, construct, 12.5 x 15.5 x 3.25 inches
Liberation Day, 2025, construct, 6.25 x 18 x 0.75 inches
Second-term Pardons, 2025, construct, 11 x 11 x 2.5 inches
Bigger, Better, Deeper, 2026, construct, 17 x 14.5 x 2.5 inches

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