Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller: Small Works
Through mixed media collages and constructivist sculptures sometimes employing sound and motion, the artists explore the storytelling potential of various objects.
![Color image of a mixed media artwork with an oil painting depicting a house in an empty filed attached to a wooden box with two speakers and a red button on a white gallery wall](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JCGBM-0142-4.jpg)
Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller, White House in Winter, 2020-23
oil paint on Birch panel, audio, electronics, 12-1/2 x 11 x 2 inches (overall) [31.8 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm]
White House in Winter, 2020-23 (exhibition video)
![Color image of a mixed media artwork consisting of four speakers and exposed wiring on an aged piece of wood with found objects attached to the face of the work](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JCGBM-0140-1.jpg)
Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller, Did you hear me, 2000
mixed media, electronics, sound, 11 x 9-1/2 x 6 inches (overall) [27.9 x 24.1 x 15.2 cm]
Did you hear me, 2000 (exhibition video)
![Color image of a mixed media artwork with paper and photo collage on wooden pieces within a wooden box on a white wall](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JCGBM-0141-1.jpg)
Janet Cardiff, Guitar, 2023
mixed media collage in wooden box, 12 x 10-1/2 x 2-1/2 inches (overall) [30.5 x 26.7 x 6.4 cm]
![Color image of a mixed media artwork with a framed black and white photograph along with a small plastic superman figure on a wooden pedestal with a small gramophone](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JCGBM-0128-3.jpg)
Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller, Superman, 2023
mixed media with sound & electronics, 20-1/2 x 12 x 6 inches (overall) [52.1 x 30.5 x 15.2 cm]
Superman, 2023 (exhibition video)
![Color image of a mixed media sculpture made up of scrap wood pieces along with a black and white image of a female figure resting with text above reading 'it was not my fault' and wooden block pieces spelling out 'fuck you' on a white wall](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/JCGBM-0127.jpg)
Janet Cardiff, It’s not my fault, 2023
mixed media, 14 x 3 x 2 inches (overall) [35.6 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm]
![Color image of a mixed media artwork with a small gramophone and a collaged black and white photograph on wood](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JCGBM-0108-2.jpg)
Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller, Dream Vacuum, 2021
mixed media with sound & electronics, 14 x 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches (overall) [30.5 x 14 x 19.1 cm]
Dream Vacuum, 2021 (exhibition video)
![Color image of an oil painting on wooden panel depicting an empty filed at night perched on a shelf with text reading "The sound of footsteps now became audible"](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/JCGBM-0132.jpg)
Janet Cardiff, House in Field, 2022
oil paint on Birch panel, shelf, and found text, 9 x 9 x 5-1/2 inches (overall) [22.9 x 22.9 x 14 cm]
![Color image of a mixed media artwork compromised of three gramophones and wooden pieces with collaged photographs and hair on a wooden pedestal](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JCGBM-0139-2.jpg)
Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller, Doppler Dance, 2023
mixed media, electronics, audio, motor, battery, wooden pedestal, 52 x 12 x 12 inches (overall) [132.1 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm]
Doppler Dance, 2023 (exhibition video)
![Color photograph with abstract paint splotches framed in white depicting a still life of utilitarian objects](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/JC-GBM-0120.jpg)
Janet Cardiff, The long kiss goodbye, 2021
acrylic paint on archival inkjet print, 14-3/4 x 11-1/4 inches (framed) [37.5 x 28.6 cm]
![Color image of a mixed media artwork with an oil painting depicting a house in an empty filed attached to a wooden box with two speakers and a red button on a white gallery wall](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JCGBM-0142-4.jpg?fit=675%2C1012&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Janet Cardiff & George Bures MillerWhite House in Winter
2020-23
oil paint on Birch panel, audio, electronics, 12-1/2 x 11 x 2 inches (overall) [31.8 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm]
![Color image of a mixed media artwork consisting of four speakers and exposed wiring on an aged piece of wood with found objects attached to the face of the work](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JCGBM-0140-1.jpg?fit=675%2C1012&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Janet Cardiff & George Bures MillerDid you hear me
2000
mixed media, electronics, sound, 11 x 9-1/2 x 6 inches (overall) [27.9 x 24.1 x 15.2 cm]
![Color image of a mixed media artwork with paper and photo collage on wooden pieces within a wooden box on a white wall](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JCGBM-0141-1.jpg?fit=675%2C1012&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Janet CardiffGuitar
2023
mixed media collage in wooden box, 12 x 10-1/2 x 2-1/2 inches (overall) [30.5 x 26.7 x 6.4 cm]
![Color image of a mixed media artwork with a framed black and white photograph along with a small plastic superman figure on a wooden pedestal with a small gramophone](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JCGBM-0128-3.jpg?fit=675%2C1012&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Janet Cardiff & George Bures MillerSuperman
2023
mixed media with sound & electronics, 20-1/2 x 12 x 6 inches (overall) [52.1 x 30.5 x 15.2 cm]
![Color image of a mixed media sculpture made up of scrap wood pieces along with a black and white image of a female figure resting with text above reading 'it was not my fault' and wooden block pieces spelling out 'fuck you' on a white wall](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/JCGBM-0127.jpg?fit=675%2C903&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Janet CardiffIt’s not my fault
2023
mixed media, 14 x 3 x 2 inches (overall) [35.6 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm]
![Color image of a mixed media artwork with a small gramophone and a collaged black and white photograph on wood](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JCGBM-0108-2.jpg?fit=675%2C1012&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Janet Cardiff & George Bures MillerDream Vacuum
2021
mixed media with sound & electronics, 14 x 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches (overall) [30.5 x 14 x 19.1 cm]
![Color image of a mixed media artwork compromised of three gramophones and wooden pieces with collaged photographs and hair on a wooden pedestal](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JCGBM-0139-2.jpg?fit=675%2C1012&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Janet Cardiff & George Bures MillerDoppler Dance
2023
mixed media, electronics, audio, motor, battery, wooden pedestal, 52 x 12 x 12 inches (overall) [132.1 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm]
![Color photograph with abstract paint splotches framed in white depicting a still life of utilitarian objects](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/JC-GBM-0120.jpg?fit=675%2C880&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Janet CardiffThe long kiss goodbye
2021
acrylic paint on archival inkjet print, 14-3/4 x 11-1/4 inches (framed) [37.5 x 28.6 cm]