EXHIBITION | 2005

Absence Adorned

Karen LaMonte started using clothing as a metaphor for identity and exploring the human in absentia early sculptures.

She continued probing the disparity between our natural skin and our social skin, clothing which we use to obscure and conceal, to protect the individual and project a persona. It is a ‘vestmentary envelope’ which renders us as social beings.

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She expanded her inquiry by adding the impression of an absent body to her sculptures. This investigation of the clothing as a divider between public from private space and of transparency and transience, led to this new body of work.