These sawhorses were made in 2023, alongside the McMaster sculpture, though the idea had been around much longer. They nod to Jim Dine’s drawings of simple hardware-store tools. His family ran a hardware store, and he drew the everyday objects he grew up around as if they deserved a portrait. The sawhorse belongs in that company: an object used every day with little fanfare.

Here the sawhorses are used to display other objects, which leaves an open question. Are they serving whatever sits on top of them, or are they quietly standing as works in their own right?

aluminum, nylon

Edition of 6 pairs

Dimensions 42 x 26 x 20 in.

17 1/2” x 59” x 36”