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Executed in 2014-15, Susie MacMurray’s Medusa presents an unforgettable female figure formed from handmade copper chain mail over fibreglass and steel armature. The present work is part of a series where the artist creates garment-inspired sculptures, each with a different focal point emphasised by outrageous mediums such as pink balloons, leather, dressmaker needles and even household gloves. Her works exemplify a balancing act exploring perceptions of female identity without being overtly ostentatious yet making commentary on social expectations through visual representation.
'They have all been more concerned with the perception of women, their power and their vulnerabilities. I am interested in how human strengths and frailties can often be one and the same thing. I suppose you could almost call them portraits. Much of my sculpture and drawing practice is concerned in one way or another with the perception and negotiation of female identity, both internal and external.'
—Susie MacMurrayMedusa embodies the Greek mythology of the famous monster known as the Gorgon. She is usually represented as a winged creature with a head of hair consisting of snakes. She served as a priestess to Athena and was granted the power to turn into stone all who looked upon her. MacMurray thus reinterprets this tale with the snakes pooling around the lower garment, extending their presence outwardly. The coiling and thick layers of their form evoke a sense of dynamism and energy contrasting the calm and smooth surface of the upward body. Medusa in this instance has already been beheaded by the Greek hero Perseus which stiffens her into an object for the pleasure of viewership. This bodily exchange prompts the participants to question the widely accepted narrative and the knowledge of conflict and female identity.'Connected by loss, hope, memory, and the human condition,” the new works draw parallels between conflict ancient and contemporary.'
—Susie MacMurrayFormerly trained as a musician, MacMurray’s practice is encouraged by fluidity between powerful dualities- desire and indifference; love and loss; fragility and power; the ephemeral and the visceral. Her works intentionally lack answers, questioning perceived notions of gender, punishment and conflict.
The artist seated in front of the present work ©Image courtesy of Nazli Erdemirel 來源
普爾伯勒 Merville 畫廊
現藏者購自上述來源過往展覽
New York, Danese Corey, Susie MacMurray: Hinterland, 22 April - 21 May 2016 (another variant exhibited)
Pangolin London, Susie MacMurray: Murmur, 17 October - 8 May 2020, pp. 96, 97 (another variant exhibited and illustrated)文學
Laura Staugaitis, ‘Garment-Like Sculptures by Susie MacMurray Explore Perceptions of Female Identity,’ Colossal, 24 September 2018, online (another variant illustrated)
Patricia Yaker Ekall, ‘Medusa, the gaze and artistic integrity: an interview with Susie MacMurray, Artuk, 7 August 2020, online (another variant illustrated)
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手工銅鏈甲 玻璃纖維 鋼銜鐵
182.9 x 243.8 x 243.8 公分 (72 x 95 7/8 x 95 7/8 英吋)
2014-15年作，共有2版，此作為第1版。
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£30,000 - 50,000 ♠
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倫敦拍賣 2021年7月13日
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