Objects such as beds, clothes and food are altered and recontextualized to create a commentary about the relationships that exist between women and cultural fantasies about home life. The artwork draws from the aesthetic grammar of modernist sculpture, yet the materials are recycled from domestic settings. The startling juxtaposition between comforting, familiar artifacts and their final sculptural shapes will entice viewers to pause and examine the mythologies unconsciously invested in house wares and gender roles. Each woman in the exhibition is telling a personal story about a collision of her sense of identity and her roll in the ongoing theatrical production of what we call domesticity. Both are being held in conjunction with the Women's Studies Program.
All events are free and open to the public.
The University Gallery at Clark University is located on the plaza under Goddard Library at 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01610. Wednesday-Sunday, Noon to 5 PM, excluding school holidays. Davis Bliss, a Cambridge sculptor, works with the residue of objects used to clean house such as soap, paper towels and dryer lint. The labor of the housewife here merges into the labor involved in the artistic process. In one piece six paper towel rolls mounted on dispensers march across the wall.