Sarah is interested in the transformation of the trophy – from inanimate substance/idea, to fetishized object, to memento mori, and so on – as a substitute for the maintenance of the ego (as explored in psychoanalysis as that which mediates the conscious/ subconscious in the formation of identity) when inextricable from the processes of exhibition and curation. The persistent desire of the artist to ‘display’ the trophy (her own fragmented image) demonstrates the desired beings reliance on simulacrum, visibility and possession. The artist as author, intended addressee and object, exhibits her work (her self) to maintain her desirability as predicated on the others desire. The works come together to investigate the notion that desirability exists in an inability to be possessed by one, but that the power in this desirability is conditional that it remains possessed by all.
This circuit of libidinal exchange between artist, object and intended recipient forms the basis for a series of performative investigations that utilize, portraiture, repetitive action, and motifs of celebratory and monumental nature. The work explores pathos, triumph, humiliation, and a recognition that is established between the artist and the audience, and then relentlessly relived.
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- Date written:
- 2013
- Last updated:
- 2013
