Rhonda Weppler / Trevor Mahovsky
Public works

detail: Frankenstein mask detail: green army man detail: peas in pods detail: 7up bottle cap

Grove

2021
aluminum, paint
sizes variable; each bench 32 × 48 × 40 inches on average
 
Installation: 1050 Main, Milton, ON
 
Commissioned by Fernbrooke Homes

The artwork is a composition of parts which are copies of other copies of an iconic 19th Century bench. They have been recombined into configurations suggestive of growth and mutation. Found on the benches are many green objects, as well as green creatures such as turtles and moths. It is unclear if these dropped objects and wandering local fauna have been caught within the imitation fern fronds, or if they are products of the benches themselves, which seem to have powers of mimicry.