Lauren Kalman: Devices for Filling a Void, 2015-2026
Devices for Filling a Void combines jewelry, with forms reminiscent of reconstructive surgical devices and amorphous bodily forms. Rather than presenting or holding the body in an ideal position, they distort the body through actions that are sometimes grotesque or violent. The objects literally fill the voids of the body, but the forms also imply a psychological filling of emotional or erotic voids. The work points to ideas about women being incomplete or lacking, requiring augmentation by men, objects, dress, makeup and adornment.
Captions
- Devices for Filling a Void, 2015-2026, Inkjet prints, gold-plated electroformed copper, sterling silver, brass, earthenware, borosilicate glass, 25x25x4’
- Devices for Filling a Void, 2015-2026, Inkjet prints, gold-plated electroformed copper, sterling silver, brass, earthenware, borosilicate glass, 25x25x4’
- Device for Filling a Void (3), 2016, Inkjet print, 20×16”
- Device for Filling a Void (3), 2016, Gold-plated electroformed copper, sterling silver, brass, earthenware, 3x3x3”
- Device for Filling a Void (5), 2017, Inkjet print, 28×20”
- Device for Filling a Void (5), 2017, Gold-plated electroformed copper, earthenware, 12x10x10”
- Device for Filling a Void (15), 2021, Inkjet print, 28×20”
- Device for Filling a Void (15), 2021, Gold-plated electroformed copper, earthenware, 5x6x4”
- Device for Filling a Void (4), 2016, Inkjet print, 20×16”
- Device for Filling a Void (4), 2016, Gold-plated electroformed copper, sterling silver, brass, earthenware, 30x24x15”
- Device for Filling a Void (35), 2022, Inkjet print, 20×16”
- Device for Filling a Void (35), 2022, Earthenware, 48x30x30”
- Device for Filling a Void (18), 2019, Inkjet print, 20×16”
- Device for Filling a Void (18), 2019, Gold-plated electroformed copper, earthenware, 12x8x8”
- Device for Filling a Void (8), 2017, Inkjet print, 28×20”
- Device for Filling a Void (8), 2017, Gold-plated electroformed copper, earthenware, 24x15x12”
