Molly Garrett

Gallery Guide

Weep Holes publication, MASS MoCA, with contributing essays by Denise Markonish, Patricia Kaishian, Sarah Margolis-Pineo, Billy Dufala, Christophe Theunissen, and Johanna Hedva.

Video: Lily Cox-Richard builds a giant broom to sweep out the mess

Video: Lily Cox-Richard examines materiality, reuse, and the value of objects

Weep Holes addresses ideas of stewardship, beauty and threat, collective action, and building and dismantling. Playing with scale, the works on view range from tiny to outsized–including a 16-foot-tall Shaker broom, made of recycled material and made in residence at MASS MoCA. These works invite the viewer to consider their physical presence and place in the world vis-a-vie the sculptures on view.

Weep Holes is made in collaboration with Sharad Kant Patel, Michael Jevon Demps, Billy Dufala, Osman Khan, Joy McMillian, Christina Sadovnikov, Library of Radical Returns, and an ever-expanding network of fires; with trust, expertise, and labor of everyone at MASS MoCA, and support from CultureWorks Richmond, Nomaco, RAIR Philly, Truetimber Arborists, VCUarts, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Broom, 2022 (recycled foam backer rod from Nomaco Ink, Zebulon, NC, decommissioned arborist rope from True Timber, Richmond, VA, steel, 18 x 8 x 20 ft.)

Fire Hoses, 2022 (decommissioned fire hoses found in Richmond, VA, extant and fabricated wooden columns, variable dimensions)

Cistern, 2016-2022 (gypsum cement, polymer concrete, epoxy putty, polystyrene, each stack of casts measures 15 x 30 in.)

Ropes, 2022 (decommissioned arborist rope courtesy of True Timber, Richmond, VA, beads, string, James River clay, 20 ft. diameter)

Fire Pits, 2020-22 (gypsum cement, pigment, plaster, coal, collected stones and seashells, ashes and other offerings, each pit 12 x 24 in.)

Witness/ American Darling, 2022 (decommissioned fire hydrant, offerings, 26 x 14 x 20 in.)

Tinsel Bale/ Chaff, 2016-2022 (bale of tinsel on wooden pallet, encountered at Revolution Recovery/ RAIR Philly, PA, 46 x 48 x 68 in.)

Throwing Rainbows (in collaboration with Sharad Kant Patel), 2022 (projected single channel 4K video and stereo audio, 04:57min runtime)

Drone Chandelier, 2022 (broken drone, lead crystal, found crystal of unknown origin, brass jump rings, steel cable, and audio*, 20 x 15 x 15 in.)

Candle Prints, 2022 (digital prints of mixed papers with candle sweat mounted on black PVC, 9 x 30 in., 22 pieces)

Waddle and Daub, 2016-2022 (gypsum cement, candles, wall, variable dimensions)

Sedge, 2022 (manufactured steel tomato cages, kudzu, bamboo, steel, variable dimensions)

Berm Castle, 2022 (Sand, vermiculite, sandbags, Titebond translucent wood glue, variable dimensions)

*audio made in collaboration with Michael Jevon Demps

Photography by Tony Luong