The Mouth And Other Storage Facilities - Liz Magor

Liz Magor. Racoon (detail). 2008. Polymerized gypsum. Courtesy of the artist and Equinox Gallery

Liz Magor Opens in the Henry Gallery in Seattle next week, and if you are from that area you can attend a lecture on Friday, the 12 of September at the Henry Gallery.

From the Henry’s Site

Throughout her distinguished career, Vancouver, BC-based sculptor Liz Magor has explored the relationship of the real to the simulated in provocative ways. This exhibition will focus on a group of recent works that suggest a collision of domesticity with our wilder instincts. A series of cast sculptures resembling food trays, candy, discarded clothing, and other detritus sit atop tables and appear to be left over from a bout of compulsive consumption. Inserted amidst the debris are the exhausted bodies of small animals, which speak to a different order of waste. The collection of humble yet talismanic forms mourns nature and culture alike and creates an elegiac mood.

I am not very familiar with her work but find myself drawn to it.

The name of this show is interesting in itself - The Mouth and other storage facilities moving the mouth from its function as our eating and speaking organ to a place where we put things.

In our current obese society that is definitely and interesting point to ponder.