Ethereal sculpture by Karen Lamonte, linking the perception of beauty, femininity and nature – Huge
In porcelain, bronze, glass and stone, Karen Lamonte’s sculpture explores ideas about femininity and beauty conventions throughout history. She slids a long tradition of sculpture, with its outline as three marble goddesses of five marble goddesses who shaped classical sculptures and embodies the ideal of beauty for thousands of years.
Lamonte’s hanging out or figures posing on her Nocturne and etudes A collection of gowns or robes that seem to reside in the spectrum. “Like spoken or written language, beauty is shaped by ordinary idioms and shared experiences, which is the foundation of culture,” Lamonte said. “In this way, it is more than just a description; it reflects a larger whole, a visual representation of social value.”
The Mumson Museum of Art has just begun a survey of nearly 60 works Celestial Body: Sculpture by Karen Lamonteexplore the artist’s use of various media. The artist juxtaposes a series of elastic heavy-duty materials whose exaggerated fabrics are associated with softness and vulnerability, thus inquiring about the inherent duality between strength and vulnerability, visibility and absence, firmness and transparency.
Celestial body It also includes a series of multimedia series of scientifically precise depictions of cumulus clouds, which are based on the descriptions of the spirit. “The dark clouds fascinate me because they make the invisible power of the natural world visible,” Lamont said.
The more the artist explores the ripples and folds of fabrics and curtains in her costume sculptures, the more she begins to interpret the corpse as a landscape defined by the shapes and shapes of the elements. Lamont begins exploring the concept of weather, her series weathering Appears, absorbing cloud forms with elegant body qualities.
Celestial body It lasts until December 31 in Utica, New York. Find more information on Lamonte’s website and on Instagram.
