Headstones:

conceptual

art project

- C. Shoup

“This idea exemplifies the kind of work tucked into my sketchbooks:

inspired concepts beyond my “current reach.”

“I am always thinking into the future…

“Why headstones? Because there is room to update and bring these

historic gravesite markers forward to fit the needs of modern people.”

HOW HEADSTONES WILL BE CREATED

“I will quarry, on my own, three large plates of limestone from a local

stone pit. In my workshop, I will lay each limestone plate atop heavy

sawhorse supports. Patiently, between ongoing projects, I will chip

away the negative space on the face of each stone; ultimately there will

just be the raised images that appear in the following sketches…”

This is Where They Described My Location in the Grander Scheme

Chiseled limestone; natural pigments

Headstone Draft #1

They Told Me I Evolved from Primates, and that I Rise Somewhere after

Death

Chiseled limestone; natural pigments

Headstone Draft #2

I Spent My Time Here as a Wage Slave

Chiseled limestone; natural pigments

Headstone Draft #3

Headstones

Gallery View

Headstones