Unique plasticity regulated by a specific set of rules while contained by specific boundaries.
The peephole refers to the act of consciously "gendering" a subject, with the viewer's gaze reflected.
Delicate but strong, translucent but opaque, liquid turned solid, we are full of contradictions.
I really enjoy Holly's work normally but I loved this piece. She uses such a small thing to question such a huge issue. I wish that there was a better way to post this piece to the blog. I feel like this is a piece that is hard to visualize without actually being there. The porcelain as the material was great based on the last line of your statement.
ReplyDeleteIt is such a tiny space and then when you look in, it feels like you are there.I know its not about the space you created, but I like that about it.
ReplyDeleteI still think it is crazy that we both were going to do peephole projects (except mine didn't workout) without even knowing each others concepts.
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ReplyDeleteThat you have a peephole set up in a bathroom also adds an element of banality to the collection and display of gender as a set example from which specimens can be taken and used as an educational tool, even when it is in reality extremely variable.
I feel like a lot of your work deals with cues that create a thought inside the viewer and you do it very well.
I like how the viewer is made to get right up on the piece to experience it. I also like how your piece generated curiosity in everyone.
I see your gradient theme in the light coming through the porcelain, but this time it is jumbled and crystalized--chaotic, poetic, elusive...the porcelain pieces become a non-linear gradient.
I wish that there was a way to see this piece better through the photographs, because with the photos presented I am just a little bit confused. The idea seems to be a strong one and the statement feels well written, but as someone who did not get to see the piece in person I do not understand.
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