Preview
Creation Date
2023
Photo Credit
Woody Myers
Dimensions
17" x 15" x 7.5"
Description
3D printed female figures confront the viewer through a laser cut architectural encasement. The figures are derived from 3D scans of a classical Venus sculpture in the collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; however, the figures are faceless and their bodies are heavily distorted. The laser cut architecture that houses the figures is a reproduction of the front facade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The incorporation of museum architecture references the systemic erasure of sexual violence within museum cataloging and interpretive materials, which the Metropolitan Museum of Art has a particularly well-documented proclivity for. "Machines for Suffering," the namesake of this sculpture, is a term Pablo Picasso used to refer to his muses, women he violently abused. Machines for Suffering simultaneously critiques the art world's indifference to and glamourization of abusive male artists, who are commemorated within museum walls.
Keywords
3D Printed Plastic and Laser Engraved Acrylic