Big Girl Now
Lehmann Maupin, 01/27/2014 - 04/26/2014
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Lehmann Maupin is pleased to present an exhibition of new ceramic sculptures by Czechoslovakian-born and Sweden-based artist Klara Kristalova, on view February 27 - April 26, 2014 at the gallery's 201 Chrystie Street location. In her second exhibition with the gallery, Kristalova continues her work in ceramics to visualize psychological states of being and explore the complexity of the human condition.
With each sculpture, Kristalova builds an imaginative narrative around common emotions and everyday situations, turning to a diversity of influences that include music, memory and current events, literature, myths and fairytales. Her slightly unsettling hand-painted figures—often hybrids of human, animal, insect or plant forms—communicate a tension but also a balance between states of being or transformation. Wavering between the innocent and disturbing, dreamlike and nightmarish, masculine and feminine, Kristalova's sculptures evoke the dualities and multiple dimensions that exist within human nature.
The idea of transformation, particularly the age of adolescence as a time of both physical and psychological change, has been a recurring theme in Kristalova's work. In Big Girl Now, Kristalova presents a group of portraits of women rooted in a more established period of the life cycle, suggesting that the transformation of youth does not cease once one is “grown up”. Innocence and freedom continue to give way to societal pressures, a constantly evolving sense of self, and daily choices that may impact the direction of one's life. These figures seem to be weighted with past experiences, choices, failures and regrets, but also wisdom, poise and hope.
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Lehmann Maupin is pleased to present an exhibition of new ceramic sculptures by Czechoslovakian-born and Sweden-based artist Klara Kristalova, on view February 27 - April 26, 2014 at the gallery's 201 Chrystie Street location. In her second exhibition with the gallery, Kristalova continues her work in ceramics to visualize psychological states of being and explore the complexity of the human condition.
With each sculpture, Kristalova builds an imaginative narrative around common emotions and everyday situations, turning to a diversity of influences that include music, memory and current events, literature, myths and fairytales. Her slightly unsettling hand-painted figures—often hybrids of human, animal, insect or plant forms—communicate a tension but also a balance between states of being or transformation. Wavering between the innocent and disturbing, dreamlike and nightmarish, masculine and feminine, Kristalova's sculptures evoke the dualities and multiple dimensions that exist within human nature.
The idea of transformation, particularly the age of adolescence as a time of both physical and psychological change, has been a recurring theme in Kristalova's work. In Big Girl Now, Kristalova presents a group of portraits of women rooted in a more established period of the life cycle, suggesting that the transformation of youth does not cease once one is “grown up”. Innocence and freedom continue to give way to societal pressures, a constantly evolving sense of self, and daily choices that may impact the direction of one's life. These figures seem to be weighted with past experiences, choices, failures and regrets, but also wisdom, poise and hope.