{"id":6686,"date":"2014-04-01T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lilavert.com\/blog_lilavert\/?p=6686"},"modified":"2016-06-20T14:06:20","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T14:06:20","slug":"metamorphoses-and-combinations-sculptures-by-leah-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lilavert.com\/blog_lilavert\/metamorphoses-and-combinations-sculptures-by-leah-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Metamorphoses and combinations sculptures by Leah Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Metamorphoses and combinations sculptures by Leah Brown, <\/strong>proche de l’univers de Patricia Piccinini<\/strong> – Sculptures hyper-realistes ou s’en rapprochant..<\/p>\n

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Leah Brown sculptures – Borderland – 2014 Exhibition at the University of Miami’s Wynwood Gallery<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u00ab\u00a0La \u00ab\u00a0mentalit\u00e9 archa\u00efque\u00a0\u00bb est caract\u00e9ris\u00e9e par la croyance que les humains peuvent avoir une claire conscience d’eux-m\u00eames en confrontant \u00e0 ce qu’est une personne et en m\u00eame temps \u00e0 ce qu’elle n’est pas. Cette confrontation, dans de nombreuses cultures, se produit par le r\u00eave ou dans un \u00e9tat illusoire, lesquels projettent le r\u00eaveur dans des corps inconnus et des situations.
\nLes \u0153uvres que je pr\u00e9sente ici sont les repr\u00e9sentations visuelles de cette id\u00e9e de transformation et de leurs cons\u00e9quences, et des tentatives de comprendre visuellement la nature de ma propre r\u00e9alit\u00e9 .
\nLes installations sont constitu\u00e9es de restes r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9s sur les routes : coton, paille pour fonder des v\u00eatements et des ordures .
\nMes sculptures sont comme les habitants de ces paysages travers\u00e9s, les personnages y sont des versions m\u00e9tamorphos\u00e9s. Les \u00ab\u00a0femmes\u00a0\u00bb que je cr\u00e9e sont symboliquement des amalgames d’arch\u00e9types f\u00e9minins et de symboles personnels modifi\u00e9s, elles sont compos\u00e9s de pi\u00e8ces de fonderie de mes propres parties du corps m\u00e9lang\u00e9s avec des objets trouv\u00e9s et sculpt\u00e9s. Mon intention est de modifier la perception de leur environnement et de les sortir de leurs cadres ordinaires afin de leur donner l’exp\u00e9rience d’\u00eatre transport\u00e9 dans un autre monde.
\nLorsq’une personne remet en question sa propre r\u00e9alit\u00e9, m\u00eame pour un instant, l’exp\u00e9rience devient inoubliable, et j’ai accompli quelque chose de beaucoup plus important qu’une simple combinaison de mat\u00e9riaux ici.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

Archaic mentality is characterized by the belief that humans can gain a clear consciousness of themselves by confronting what a person is and simultaneously is not. This confrontation, in many cultures, occurs within the dream or in an illusory state, whereby the dreamer projects herself into unfamiliar bodies and situations. The works that I am presenting here are the visual representations of this idea of transformation and consequence, and are attempts at visually understanding the nature of my own reality.
\nThe installations are made up of the American roadside\u2019s leftovers which constitute my personal landscape with everything from cotton and straw to found clothing and trash. The sculptures are like the denizens of these landscape in the way that in dreams, the characters therein are modified versions of the self. The usually female figures I create are symbolically modified amalgams of feminine archetypes and personal symbols, and are composed of castings of my own body parts blended with found and sculpted objects. My intention is to alter my viewers\u2019 perceptions of their surroundings, taking them out of their ordinary frames of mind and giving them the experience of being transported into another world. When a person questions their own reality for even a moment, the experience becomes unforgettable, and I have accomplished something much greater than a mere combination of materials.<\/em><\/p>\n