Like Apple Pie uses soft sculpture, video, and collage to continue Wicker’s exploration on the intersections between Christian evangelicalism, harmful white southern culture, and American consumerism. Taking inspiration from the idea that items like apple pie and baseball are imbued with an “American spirit,” Like Apple Pie specifically stitches together multiple recognizable elements of Americana. Denim pieces are physically stitched together, and scans of Wicker’s clothing are blended digitally. References to food, clothing, and car license plates collide. Ultimately, what remains is a chimeric understanding of entities that are categorized as “American.” Hot dogs, blue jeans, and camouflage material are all examined through this process. Themes of absurdity, exhaustion, and piety present themselves in the work through the repeated depiction of figures and specific material process.
Like Apple Pie was supported by the Let Creativity Happen Grant and is funded in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance