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accrochage «Féminité 0.1» september - december 2011
Melissa Ichiuji was born in 1968 in Virginia, USA, where she still lives and works.
She makes figurative sculptures that are reminiscent of dolls. Each sculpture is sewn and assembled using a combination of natural and synthetic materials such as leather, latex, dried fruit, bones, human hair, fur and pantyhose. According to the artist, they are personifications of internal struggles that define the human condition.
«I draw upon my background as a dancer and actor to animate the body in ways that reveal the subtext of the figures. My inspiration comes from my own experiences and those of people I know. Each work begins with a personal association and then expands to address a more universal theme often having to do with fantasies relating to power, sexual awakening, repressed anger and violence, and feelings of loss and mortality. My figures often appear to be at once infantile and aging both disconnected and active. They are struggling to make sense of the world and the conflicting messages found within it.», explains Ichiuji.
«Central in her artworks is women’s ambivalence about domesticity, submission and the loss of freedom.» Sidney Lawrence
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accrochage «Voyages Intérieurs» april - june 2013
Born in 1969 in Iceland. Lives and works in Brussels.
Gudny Rosa Ingimarsdottir creates sculptures, three-dimensional installations, drawings and videos. For her works on paper she uses a wide variety of techniques, as Art historian Eva Wittocx explains: “Transparent coats of varnish, cut-out shapes, paint and pencil are used next to and over each other and lend the works a particular sensitivity. The artist tears the paper, uses needle and thread, crystallizes salt on the sheet: techniques that imbue the paper with tactility.” Ingimarsdottir’s compositions vacillate between abstraction and figuration. Her creations are anchored in personal experiences or feelings, while at the same time reflecting universal emotions such as vulnerability and doubt.
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