From the Men's Movement

One important way we learned about gender identity was through play and the toys we were given to facilitate our exercises of imagination. Ad men appear to have long memories of youth and continue to appeal to adults through the icons they were first exposed to as children.

Tools = Man Things

American Hero detail

Space the Final Frontier

A Real American Hero

Sports Warriors

Over the past few years I've collected odds and ends from popular culture. These items are tangible answers to the question "How do boys learn the meaning of manhood?" I've built a series of "altars" contained in suitcases. The exhibition is called A Man's Baggage. I'll take some better photographs when time permits. I consider them works-in-progress. My portable cowboy altar--the Manifest Destiny model--is an homage to John Wayne and Yosemite Sam. That assemblage comes in a crate rather than a suitcase.