As an undergrad at Columbia College in Chicago, I came across 'Boondocks,' and then I watched the 'Boondocks' television show.
For me, all the materials and objects I employ come from a specific space that's very personal.
You can really learn a lot from young people and the way they view the world.
Oh, yeah, I'm all about ritual.
I've always been interested in this idea of a privileged life, probably because it's something I hadn't seen much of.
The way that light hits objects in life, three-dimensional objects before you photograph them, is really the story of photography.
The way that light hits objects, I think, is one of the more important things that sculpture and photography share.
My father ran a CB radio business. I grew up in a cluttered space that was filled with radios and antennas. It felt alien.
My composition often goes toward the black middle class or the black super-wealthy or strong historical black figures.
What I really hoped to do with my work was to at least be able to define my relationship to race.
I started rereading 'The Dutchman' - I kind of just pulled it off the shelf.
My father owned a small company, called Gundel Electronics, where he did community band radio and some repair stuff.
