Categories: Teaching Artist, Visual Arts
I make impressions of living things, their struggle, their fragility. My interest lies with species loss and extinction which is occurring today at an accelerated rate. My sculptures are made of ordinary materials–plaster, silicone, paper, resin–yet they do not seem constructed, but rather grown.
At first glance, they may appear to be organisms. But upon a close look, the sculptural lifeforms may also seem to be devices or appliances. Light emits from openings in the forms and entices the viewer to approach them and inspect. There is a way to peer inside–viewing holes and mirrors reveal static or gestating animals as well as the viewer’s own face. Maybe the forms have been modified to aid in the conservation of another species. Or perhaps this is a glimpse of some sort of unusual evolution.
The manufactured world and the evolved worlds exist together in my work. The Symbiocene–the interconnectivity of all of earth’s life–is at the forefront of my mind. Humans have become dependent on many beneficial technological advances which raises the question of what the natural world is now.
Protecting, 2022
Cast silicone, silicone tubing, plaster, copper, preserved Cordon Bleu finch, light.
63 x 44 x 32”
Finch by Gotham Taxidermy
Photo: Federico Savini
Services Offered
Teaching Artist
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Contact Information
Phone: 16463355274
Website: michellefrick.org
