foundations 2 - Elissa Greene (1).jpg
foundations 2 - Elissa Greene (1).jpg

Eli Greene - foundations 2

$100.00

foundations 2, 2024

Inkjet on paper
10 × 8 inches

These images, originally shown in "Floods" at F, Houston, were taken at an empty lot that sits at the corner of Sealy Avenue and Reverend James B. Thomas Blvd., in Galveston, Texas, directly in front of the Progressive Missionary Baptist Church. The lot has been abandoned since the house that used to be there was destroyed during Hurricane Ike in 2008. Some of the house’s foundation posts remain, sticking out of the neatly kept lawn, remnants of its pier and beam construction. On most of the remaining posts rest concrete blocks that may have been chunks of the original building or shims for its foundation. The blocks are made of tabby concrete, a material ubiquitous in Galveston, which is made through the burning of oyster shells to create lime, an essential component to concrete. Because of its production process, in tabby the shells (or the shell’s impressions) often remain whole.

The prints are editioned by limited time, available only from October 15 - December 15, 2025. After this date, this image will not be made available in this format again.

foundations 2, 2024

Inkjet on paper
10 × 8 inches

These images, originally shown in "Floods" at F, Houston, were taken at an empty lot that sits at the corner of Sealy Avenue and Reverend James B. Thomas Blvd., in Galveston, Texas, directly in front of the Progressive Missionary Baptist Church. The lot has been abandoned since the house that used to be there was destroyed during Hurricane Ike in 2008. Some of the house’s foundation posts remain, sticking out of the neatly kept lawn, remnants of its pier and beam construction. On most of the remaining posts rest concrete blocks that may have been chunks of the original building or shims for its foundation. The blocks are made of tabby concrete, a material ubiquitous in Galveston, which is made through the burning of oyster shells to create lime, an essential component to concrete. Because of its production process, in tabby the shells (or the shell’s impressions) often remain whole.

The prints are editioned by limited time, available only from October 15 - December 15, 2025. After this date, this image will not be made available in this format again.

ELi Greene

Eli Greene lives and works in Galveston, TX. Her works are often filtered through photography, saturated with the medium and everything it sticks to -- history, memory and loss. Her recent work has been exhibited and performed at the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago, F, Houston, Maximillian William, London, The Smart Museum of Art, Gallery 400, and Regards, Chicago. Greene holds a BA from Cornell University and an MFA from The University of Chicago, currently she teaches in the Department of Art at Rice University.