Elizabeth Jordan is a sculptor based in Brooklyn, New York who makes assemblages and installations that focus on the character of ephemeral moments. Jordan collects wood, stones, fiber and wire that she constructs into animals, such as birds and rabbits, which serve as icons of the landscape’s natural evolution, a fast-growing memory. Within this raw aesthetic the artist presents an array of objects that range from the very small to large-scale, suggesting the sacred and totemistic.

Study for Zelda’s Boat (2010) is a 4-foot wide by 10-foot long sculpture of a boat pieced together with fragments of found wood that establish the texture and depth within the object. A more complex series titled The Lives of Birds (2010) consists of what seems like an infinite number of bird forms that suspend from the ceiling. The artist’s combination of different dimensions with varying types of ligneous pieces, explore the relationship of texture to form creating realistic and fictional representations that camouflage seamlessly together.

The Laws of Magic (2011) feature several rabbits made out of found materials and set upon wooden pedestals. Daily discoveries play with the notion of the relic and exquisite corpse which serve as metaphors throughout Elizabeth Jordan’s work. In 2009 the artist exhibited her art in two group shows, A Book About Death: A tribute to Ray Johnson and Emily Harvey at the Queens Museum of Art and Wish You Were Here 8 at A.I.R. Gallery.