Elizabeth Tubergen

Double Grave, 2019
Wood reclaimed from old projects, steel, dye, varnish, webbing, rubberized hardware, foam, vinyl
28 ft long x 12 ft wide x 10 ft tall
Installation view at DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Boston, MA

Double Grave, 2019 - Alternate view
Wood reclaimed from old projects, steel, dye, varnish, webbing, rubberized hardware, foam, vinyl
28 ft long x 12 ft wide x 10 ft tall
Installation view at DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Boston, MA

The Stranger, 2018-19
Wood, dye, wax, hardware, tent fabric, webbing, rubberized hardware (d-rings, eyelets, hooks, turnbuckles), airline cable and ferrules, steel, foam, buckles, hinges, clevis pins, cotter pins, and custom telescoping fittings
64 ft long x 14 ft at widest x 14 ft at tallest
Tabakalera, San Sebastian, Spain. The tents on either side housed the work of Omar Mismar and Lara Tabet and Dages Juvelier Keates and Alexis Steeves performed with the sculpture during the opening.

The Stranger, 2018-19 – Alternate View
Wood, dye, wax, hardware, tent fabric, webbing, rubberized hardware (d-rings, eyelets, hooks, turnbuckles), airline cable and ferrules, steel, foam, buckles, hinges, clevis pins, cotter pins, and custom telescoping fittings
64 ft long x 14 ft at widest x 14 ft at tallest
Tabakalera, San Sebastian, Spain

The Stranger, 2018-19 – Dages Juvelier Keates and Alexis Steeves performing with the swinging gates
Wood, dye, wax, hardware, tent fabric, webbing, rubberized hardware (d-rings, eyelets, hooks, turnbuckles), airline cable and ferrules, steel, foam, buckles, hinges, clevis pins, cotter pins, and custom telescoping fittings
64 ft long x 14 ft at widest x 14 ft at tallest
Tabakalera, San Sebastian, Spain

Reenactment: Spit You Out, 2018
Wood recycled from old projects, dye, wax, webbing, hardware, rubber, webbing, upholstery foam, vinyl
40 ft long x 6 ft at widest x 8.5 ft at tallest
Hercules Project Space, NYC

Reenactment: Spit You Out, 2018 – Alternate view
Wood recycled from old projects, dye, wax, webbing, hardware, rubber, webbing, upholstery foam, vinyl
40 ft long x 6 ft at widest x 8.5 ft at tallest
Hercules Project Space, NYC

Apparition, 2016-17
Wood, hardware, recycled foam and rubber from the automotive industry, and binder
40 ft long, 16 ft wide, 4 ft tall
Socrates Sculpture Park, NYC

Apparition, 2016-17 – Alternate view
Wood, hardware, recycled foam and rubber from the automotive industry, and binder
40 ft long, 16 ft wide, 4 ft tall
Socrates Sculpture Park, NYC

Apparition, 2016-17 – Alternate view
Wood, hardware, recycled foam and rubber from the automotive industry, and binder
40 ft long, 16 ft wide, 4 ft tall
Socrates Sculpture Park, NYC

Invert, 2016 – view as one enters the gallery
Steel, webbing, buckles, thread, foam, and reflective fabric slipcover
12 ft long x 10 ft tall x 7 ft wide
Aronson Gallery at the New School, NYC. The sculpture created an interstice between itself and the windows opening onto 5th avenue, a place where gallery visitors could sit and watch the street whilst people on the street looked back at them.

Invert, 2016 – view from the street outside the gallery
Steel, webbing, buckles, thread, foam, and reflective fabric slipcover
12 ft long x 10 ft tall x 7 ft wide
Aronson Gallery at the New School, NYC

Invert, 2016
Ham collective performs with the sculpture. The sculpture’s reflective slipcover created an effect of light bouncing and silhouetting as car headlights passed by or camera flashes were used.
Steel, webbing, buckles, thread, foam, and reflective fabric slipcover
12 ft long x 10 ft tall x 7 ft wide
Aronson Gallery at the New School, NYC

Champion Takes All, 2014
Rubber granules, binder, cement, cobalt, food coloring, wood, paint and hardware
Three piece podium, 12.5 ft long x 7 ft wide x 6 in tall
Public installation in Canon's Walk courtyard in the South Street Seaport, NYC. Daily visitors to the courtyard traversed the sculpture and used it as a place to loiter, eat, and talk.

Champion Takes All, 2014 – detail view
Rubber granules, binder, cement, cobalt, food coloring, wood, paint and hardware
Three piece podium, 12.5 ft long x 7 ft wide x 6 in tall
Public installation in Canon's Walk courtyard in the South Street Seaport, NYC

Hold Me In Your Long Arms, 2014
Treated lumber, hardware, rebar, sandbags, vortex anchors, cable, elastomeric compound, iron oxide
25 ft long x 10 ft tall
Public installation at the Elizabeth Street Garden, NYC. A rubberized arch connects two benches, one of very few places garden visitors were allowed to sit.

Hold Me In Your Long Arms, 2014 – Alternate view
Treated lumber, hardware, rebar, sandbags, vortex anchors, cable, elastomeric compound, iron oxide
25 ft long x 10 ft tall
Public installation at the Elizabeth Street Garden, NYC

Elephant For Any Occasion, 2013
Plywood, fir, pine, screws, bolts, foam, fiberglass mesh, concrete
19' x 25' x 12' tall
Installation view at Hunter College's Times Square Gallery. Viewers could enter through the archway at the rear of the sculpture and ascend the staircase.

Elephant For Any Occasion, 2013 – Alternate view
Plywood, fir, pine, screws, bolts, foam, fiberglass mesh, concrete
19' x 25' x 12' tall
Installation view at Hunter College's Times Square Gallery.

Elephant For Any Occasion, 2013
Plywood, fir, pine, screws, bolts, foam, fiberglass mesh, concrete
19' x 25' x 12' tall
Installation view at Hunter College's Times Square Gallery. Twin Dolly Partons in drag sing Stairway to Heaven in the ruins of Elephant for Any Occasion as a part of a collaborative performance titled Collapse of an Empire. Other performances included a wedding ceremony, a reading, and a demolition porn. With Dominika Ksel and many others.