textile research, DEVELOPMENT & FABRICATION FOR:
CLIENT: MARGUERITE HUMEAU
EXHIBITION: MARGUERITE HUMEAU, '\*sk\*/ey-’ at ICA MIAMI © MARGUERITE HUMEAU. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND WHITE CUBE.
TEXTILE LEAD OF SKULT SCULPTURE: JESSIE CURRY
TEXTILE SUPPORT OF SKULT SCULPTURE: CLAIRE COUSINS & ANA TAVARES
PHOTOGRAPHY: BEHIND-THE-SCENES PHOTOGRAPHY BY EOIN GREALLY. EXHIBITION PHOTOGRAPHY BY ORIOL TARRIDAS
‘ICA MIAMI PRESENTS “*SK*/EY-,” A MAJOR SOLO EXHIBITION FOR ARTIST MARGUERITE HUMEAU (B. 1986, FRANCE; LIVES IN LONDON) COMPRISING NEWLY COMMISSIONED SCULPTURES AND VIDEO. THE IMMERSIVE INSTALLATION MARKS HUMEAU’S FIRST LARGE-SCALE INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND SEES THE ARTIST EXPERIMENT WITH FORM THROUGH THE ABSTRACT NARRATIVES OF ALTERNATIVE WORLDS. INFORMED BY THE MENACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, THESE NEW SCULPTURES POLLINATE, BLOSSOM, AND ARMOR, PROPOSING A POTENTIALLY INEVITABLE MODE OF LIVING—A POST-HUMAN EXISTENCE IN WHICH NOMADIC BEINGS LIVE IN THE AIR AND ARE IN PERPETUAL MOTION.’ - ICA MIAMI
MARGUERITE HUMEAU
SKULT (THE UPROOTED), 2024
DYED LASER CUT SILK SINGLE ORGANZA, BEESWAX, HAND BLOWN GLASS, MILLED WALNUT, POLYSTYRENE FOAM, EPOXY RESIN, FIBERGLASS, COTTON AND STEEL.
(227 x 424 x 177 CM)
(JJ78899)
