Frances Goodman

KOS DUAB

Degreened (Solo Exhibition, SMAC Gallery, Dhaus Cape lub zos) 2016

yug hauv 1975, South African multimedia artist Frances Goodman resides thiab tsim nws mas pib craft hauv Johannesburg, Employing ntau yam khoom thiab ua zog los ntawm txoj kev zoo nkauj kev lag luam los tsim sculptural thiab nyem tej hauj lwm uas transpire yuav tsum seductive thiab pib sib npaug zos.
Thoob plaws hauv nws tej hauj lwm, Ib tug yuav tau paub ib accumulation ntawm cov khoom uas lub caij nplooj zeeg hauv lub umbrella ntawm cosmetics, As Well as ntxiv unconventional khoom uas muab tso rau hauv txoj kev zoo nkauj aisle xws li cuav eyelashes, fake nails, qhwv ntsej, Xws li pearls thiab sequins ntxiv decretive nthuav dav. Goodman thov tshawb cov interconnections txhawj xeeb txog femininity, costuming thiab luag hauj lwm-ua si, Ntawm qhov uas translates rau nws niaj hnub sculptures thiab installations uas kub siab rau txhua hnub obsessions thiab raws li superficial cwj pwm, Nrog rau qhov kev tshawb nrhiav lwm obsessive qoj nyuas thiab agreements ntawm lub neej thiab kev zoo nkauj.

Roiling Liab (nthuav dav) Acrylic Nails, Glue, Polyurethane 260 x 130 x 26 cmb, 2018

Tsis pub dhau lub artist xyaum, repetitive thiab scrupulous yam ua hauj lwm, Qualities uas pom los xyaum cov repetitive thiab particular labors timkhawv rau ntsia thawv salons thiab kev zoo nkauj niaj zaus. "Ua hauj lwm cov ntaub ntawv thiab kev siv zog, Kuv artworks kos xim rau nyuas txhais cov ntsiab lus uas nqaim tseem yog leejtwg tiag rau extremes noj, aspiration, obsession, muaj siab, thiab ntxhov siab vim"piav Goodman.

"Tab sis yog kuv ua hauj lwm reflects ib haiv neeg uas khoom yuav txhais thiab tab kaum neeg, Nws kuj celebrates siv cov ntaub ntawv ua cim ntawm empowerment." Tau piav raws li "humorously tsaus nti," Goodman txoj hauj lwm qhia li cas amplified self-awareness thiab nws tus kheej consciousness yuav tsim ib inconsistent facet governing lub neej ntawm cov poj niam. Nws daim attract albeit sib tw tus txiv neej gaze thiab feem ntau tsim nrog sheen, opulent façades uas hais rau lub dormant libidinal zog uas arouses noj, Raws li nrhiav amid tus artist daim ntawv thov glossy nail varnish. Goodman nyuam qhuav hais ua hauj lwm ntawm DAK'ART, Lub Biennale ntawm Contemporary African kos duab, Dakar, Senegal, thiab exhibiting nyob rau hauv tsis muaj zaj dabneeg single – ib pawg exhibition hauv kev koom tes nrog lub NIROX Foundation, Teb Chaws Africa sab qab teb, thiab cov Wanås Foundation, Sweden – ntawm lub NIROX Foundation Sculpture Park hauv Johannesburg, Teb Chaws Africa sab qab teb, mus txog rau thaum 29 Lub Xya Hli Ntuj 2018. Nws yog tam sim no npaj rau nws yavtom ntej solo exhibition ntawm SMAC Gallery hauv Johannesburg rau lub Cuaj hlis 2018. TAM SIM NO EXHIBITIONS: “huab”, Lub tsev khaws puav pheej Noguchi, NYC “huab”, American University tsev cia puav pheej ntawm lub Katzen Center, Washington DC

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