Supply Chain

Artist Statement:

In Supply Chain, I wanted to strip away the elegance of consumer presentation and leave behind the grotesque reality of commodification. The forms on display are bloated and excessive, but still posed still curated. They reflect the ideal body, exaggerated to the point of absurdity, then discarded like overstock. These aren’t mannequins. They’re echoes of former desire, caught between advertisement and autopsy. The viewer outside the glass is not exempt they’re dressed in the same uniform of success, briefcase in hand, a participant in the system they refuse to question. This piece confronts how we aestheticize excess, and how our hunger for status swells until it collapses under its own weight.

 

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