LET’S ALL BE ETHEREAL AND TRANSCEND
Jessika Edgar’s research focuses on an exploration of representation through the idea of formlessness. This exploration is inspired by George Bataille’s concept of ‘l’informe’. Formlessness can be used to describe an object that is mobile or fluid enough to evade classification and meaning. The formless results in a blurring of categories and identification. She is interested in expanding this notion in relationship to socially constructed identity and value while referencing contemporary popular culture and mass media influences that propagate consumption. Drawing from media imagery especially related to gender, beauty, and material desire, her sculptures and installations aim to create a feeling of cognitive dissonance, a psychological space that is simultaneously critical and indulgent.
2018, White earthenware, earthenware with mica, glaze, sprayed rubber, iridescent glitter, Mod Podge, various rhinestones, spray paint, faux fur, fabric paint, MDF, stool.
Variable Size.
JESSIKA EDGAR lives and works in Detroit, US. While her work is often mixed-media, the most prominent material is clay. Jessika’s research explores contemporary popular culture and the influences of mass media in propagating consumption. She has exhibited nationally and internationally in venues such as Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, the Ceramic Research Center and Brickyard Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe in the US and the Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Jessika has been a resident artist at The Banff Centre, Banff, Canada, a Post MFA Fellow at Ohio State University, Columbus, US and a resident at Guldagergaard: International Ceramic Research Centre in Denmark.
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