Performance took a place at Fountain Fair in Miami, Fl during Art Basel 2010.
A reflective view on American consumer society, charity, ego, and art.
This piece was conceived from a previous work "what to wear" from the series "beneath this mask a disguise" where a figure's legs suggest both angst and leisure while smothered with clothes. The works in this series allude to ideas of creating one's identity under the microscope of societal constraints. The figure contemplates "what to wear" while covered in clothes deemed unfit for earthquake victims in Haiti. These ideas of luxury in times of depression, and people's desire to be charitable in this context interest me. Christian Boltanski also has found the alluring visual created by these piles represented in his piece "no man's land" 2010. He is interested in things that carry traces of lives lived. Having seen this piece of his, which is a huge jump from his photographic installations, I came up with this performative installation; Miniature : Monument.
While our conceptual focuses differ, this visual of the pile conjures grand possibilities for interpretation. My ideas of excess and vanity are in contrast with his ideas of loss and what remains. I want to draw a line connecting these three works I've mentioned. M:M is to be a medium sized installation in comparison to the WTW and NML, that incorporates concepts described above, including the idea of scale and how it relates to the artist. Many inferences are made in sculpture and in art in general about scale. Scale makes reference to level of importance, success, ability, effort; all things associated with ego or lack of.
This piece will be a conglomeration of the aesthetic of both our work, utilizing the pile as a visual reference to previous works, with added elements to better contextualize the piece.
A reflective view on American consumer society, charity, ego, and art.
This piece was conceived from a previous work "what to wear" from the series "beneath this mask a disguise" where a figure's legs suggest both angst and leisure while smothered with clothes. The works in this series allude to ideas of creating one's identity under the microscope of societal constraints. The figure contemplates "what to wear" while covered in clothes deemed unfit for earthquake victims in Haiti. These ideas of luxury in times of depression, and people's desire to be charitable in this context interest me. Christian Boltanski also has found the alluring visual created by these piles represented in his piece "no man's land" 2010. He is interested in things that carry traces of lives lived. Having seen this piece of his, which is a huge jump from his photographic installations, I came up with this performative installation; Miniature : Monument.
While our conceptual focuses differ, this visual of the pile conjures grand possibilities for interpretation. My ideas of excess and vanity are in contrast with his ideas of loss and what remains. I want to draw a line connecting these three works I've mentioned. M:M is to be a medium sized installation in comparison to the WTW and NML, that incorporates concepts described above, including the idea of scale and how it relates to the artist. Many inferences are made in sculpture and in art in general about scale. Scale makes reference to level of importance, success, ability, effort; all things associated with ego or lack of.
This piece will be a conglomeration of the aesthetic of both our work, utilizing the pile as a visual reference to previous works, with added elements to better contextualize the piece.
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Photographs by : Jeannie Williamceaü
