“From 2001 to 2006, Thompson exploits the physical attributes of car tires in several sculptures and performances. Contradicting conventional tire-tests, he stresses the tire’s flexibility by puncturing it, pulling out the soft inner tube to wear it, or creates unstable stacks, using their weight and gravity. Tire with Tire Suspenders Worn illustrates the “spare tire” metaphor for abdominal weight. Herniated Tire shows a tire’s inner lining to bulge like an organ in the abdomen pushing through the muscle or tissue that contains it during a hernia. The performance Yoga with Tire humorously reflects on Thompson’s recovery journey from a hernia surgery caused by moving around too many heavy and toxic rubber tires.”

— Curator Nadja Rottner’s wall label text for Andy T’s Urban Vision