Golden Trophy Girls

Trophy Girls, 2002
cast hydrocal, styrofoam, paint, and fabric
each trophy girl 3.5"x 5"x 1.5"  installation 4' x 9'x 9'

Installed in the Race St. Gallery In Space, 
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Often, the only difference from one trophy to the next is the base.  For example, the golfer girl on the top of every golf trophy is identical while the height of the trophy base, the numbers of the year, the place in rank, and the plaque on the front that names the course and the tournament provides the specific significance.  What happens when the visible base, linear definition, evident purpose is gone but the figure is just as perky, just as gold as before?