This is the first steel dress I made. I wanted to place it in a setting a thought suitable for a steel dress, so... i did my hair up in curls (brings back memories or getting reading for prom) and went to the junk yard! My boyfriend took the pictures and we didn't really know what we were doing, but it was fun. I would love to hear feedback about placing sculptures like the steel dresses in corresponding enviornments and making it part of the artwork.
The environment certainly has an impact on how we see the dress. It might be interesting to try a variety of different environments to see how they effect the sculpture and how they suggest different subtext. the junkyard seems to have a sympathy of materials, but a contrast of organization, shape and pattern. It also challenges what we think of feminine characteristics. other environments that might sympathize but suggest different somewhat different subtext might be stereotypical male environments such as machine shops, garage, factory or industrial foundry. It could also be interesting to try environments that would sympathize with the design of the dress but contrast with the choice of materials such as a real prom, fancy dress shop, or english garden at tea time. A less politically loaded possibility would be to think abstractly and find or construct environments that contrast on the level of order vs. chaos, or round vs. sharp, etc. Any way you go will be exciting - I look forward to the next possibility! Just for the fun of it look at Sandy Skoglund's installations.
ReplyDeleteI wish we could stick pictures on here - I left you one on my blog. I agree with Lori. Context is changed by location. Look at our dear friend Ms. Dill, while she is showing in galleries she has quite the bit of drama gong on.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.georgeadamsgallery.com/artists/artist_ins.php3?artist=10
I am sure you checked out this site when you were looking at her last time.