steer

metal, wood, pearls, plastic, wire, paint, 2026

Steer refers to the formal object, handlebars from a child’s bicycle — but also the metaphorical subject, steer as in herds, animals led toward a calculated death. Two sets of handle bars are suspended inches above and below, their wings extended wide, swinging slightly. Raw metal, golden arms, tipped in red. On one pair of bars dangle colorfully jeweled tassels intertwined with names, towns and villages of occupied Palestine. Celebratory. On the other set, strands of pearls fall like tears, days, time.