Employing experimental animation, sculpture, installation, and photography. Melanie Nakaue creates a psychological space that focuses on the use of the figure in sculptural traditions and techniques. All in a way to reinscribe the depiction of affliction.
The works in the exhibition are inspired by historical figurative sculptures. Neolithic Japanese clay figurines (dogū) of the Jōmon period. Made by women who often depicted animal and female hybrids. Some believe they have talismanic properties. Early Venus sculptures and late 19th-century sculpture in the round are points of interest. These subjects exist as mythologies for works in the exhibition that explore the dichotomies surrounding mortality and aesthetics.
The opening reception took place Saturday, March 28, 6-8 PM.
The exhibition was on view March 28 through May 23, 2015.
