Not Another Muse

Abstract

The environment of the sculpture became my focus with the figurative presence being assumed by the vessel as they inherited the characteristics of the body. I began questioning the extension of identity through environments, more specifically the domestically designated woman’s environment. These ideas were effected by a newfound consciousness of the social commodification of the female body. This shift resulted from my recognition of how people view me, and men look at me. There is a look of objectification, of longing, of using, of lust. When confronted with this look, I retreat. I am not another muse for the viewing pleasure of anyone and everyone. I create spaces out of a feeling of lack of place. My intention is to confuse, overwhelm, and seduce by the construction of spaces referencing the abundantly excessive domestic interior.