This Is That Our With Them (2018)

The inside cover of this book assemblage is backed with a color reproduction of the John Constable painting The Leaping Horse. On top of the gray sky section of this painting is a tile construction with a removable cover. The top cover is a color illustration of a family hurrying in the rain. A red ribbon tab lifts the top to reveal a color illustration of a manatee. On the reverse side of the cover is a cross-section drawing of a snakehead featuring its poison sac. The frame of this piece is covered with a sparse floral wallpaper pattern on a black background. The top part of the framed section has a color illustration of a man sitting above a small canyon with sheep grazing the bottom. Lying on top of this picture is a broken eyeglasses frame. A toy salamander extends its head and forelegs from the top left corner. On the bottom ledge of this section sits a tiny, dirty, ceramic dog. The top panel of this section is a black-and-white photo of the back of a man’s head silhouetted against a white wall. The lower section of this book contains a removable box. The removable section has two finger holes and is covered with a color photo of autumn leaves. The inside of the removable box is collaged with a color illustration of the flower four-o’clock, and on the sides is a caption from a comic book and a clipping of the heading “Death to the Demons.” The background of this lower section is covered with a color lithograph of the vein structure of an internal organ. Contained within this bottom box are a set of six dice, each with common words on their six sides. One arrangement of these dice gives the title of the artwork—This Is That Our With Them.