Recent Work
Silas’ most recent work consists of an ongoing study of decaying birds.
“To put it in terms reflective of Silas’s photographic process and subject, Silas had to find the entropy that would hold us enrapt, keep us from turning away. Here there is no contest. Of all animals, none preserve the beauty and dignity of death with a grandeur and longevity approaching that of the many species of birds.” G. Roger Denson (excerpted from “On The Resurrection of Dead Birds”)
A selection from this body of work entitled eyes wide shut, 2010 will be exhibited in a solo exhibition at CB1 Gallery in Los Angeles, CA from April 9 - May 14, 2011 along with the premiere of the video performance A child of sixties television singing songs that got stuck in her head.
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