Kristen Wentrcek & Andrew Zebulon: HOG TRAP

Kristen Wentrcek (b. 1984, El Paso, TX) and Andrew Zebulon (b. 1984, San Diego, CA) are multidisciplinary artists based in New York City. Their work is wrought from an embrace of unlikely materials and reimagined craft and manufacturing processes. For HOG TRAP, Wentrcek and Zebulon tilt an instinctual focus and curiosity toward nostalgia and pageantry in regional traditions of the American South through seven wall-hanging sculptures resembling Homecoming mums: trophy-like floral wearables popularized in the early 20th century and used to commemorate Homecoming celebrations. These reconceptualized mums are displayed alongside still photographs from remote video cameras or ‘game cams’, used for surveillance by ranchers and hunters as a means of tracking pests, livestock, and predators. The catalog for HOG TRAP is simultaneously a document of and codex for Kristen Wentrcek and Andrew Zebulon’s recent output. Featuring prose by Willis Plummer and photography by Sean Davidson alongside a trove of reference and research imagery from the New York Public Library image archives and beyond, the catalog is a vital entry for any patron, watcher, collector, or admirer of Kristen and Andrew’s work. Published on the occasion of "HOG TRAP" at Marta Gallery in Los Angeles, September 11 — October 31, 2021 Published by Marta, 2021 Printed in an edition of 500 copies Softcover, saddle-stitched, 48 pages, full color offset, 6 × 10 inches