The Gates of Heck Project

My relationship with Auguste Rodin’s sculpture, Le Port de l'Enfer and Dante’s Divine Comedy has inspired me to create work in a variety of different media.

Site specific projection (April 28, 2018)

Auguste Rodin, Le Porte de L’Enfer, Cantor Museum, Stanford University, 2015.

The Gates of Heck painting (2014)

I was inspired to recreate The Gates of Hell (oil on canvas, 43”x52”) as the site for an epic battle between characters from superhero comics.

Night Raking (2017)

In keeping with the theme of superheroes at the Gates of Hell, these images were collaged from comic books and Gustave Doré’s engravings for Dante’s Inferno. The collages were later included in a music video.

The Gates of Heck music video (2018)

Music and video editing by Perry Vásquez. Digital animation by Aaron McFarland.