Masterminds 2010

But her skill isn't just in her eye for collecting. The installations, like in her series "Ad Hunc Locum," are an eerie lot. She assembles tableaux from both the objects and photographs of them which she has transformed somehow: Images get screenprinted on fabric and hung on car parts, for instance. The essential loneliness of the discarded, unwanted bits of American consumer culture are nakedly on display, laid all the more bare by Puls' artful manipulations.

Her latest ongoing work takes on an even bigger discard. With the help of a real-estate agent friend, she's been taking photographs inside foreclosed homes, and has started assembling pieces to be installed in future shows. The homes themselves aren't always sad, but each place tells a story. "Oh, some are filthy," she says. "Some are completely filthy. I love it."
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Phillip Hua’s use of degradable materials like newspapers serves as an environmental critique of American consumer culture.

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