DAWN WOOLLEY
CONSUMED: STILLED LIVES
27 March – 30 April 2022
The exhibition
DAWN WOOLLEY
CONSUMED: STILLED LIVES
27 March – 30 April 2022
HYSTERICAL SELFIES I PACIFIERS I RELICS
What are the things one really needs? Dawn Woolley explores the complex relationship between humans and the objects with which we surround ourselves. One picture shows a small round table made of pink marble: a black ladies’ stocking is twisted around a cocktail glass in which a liquid glistens darkly, with its counterpart draped over a mirror that reflects tubes and tubs of cosmetics. In another picture Dawn Woolley subtly arranges the paraphernalia of male muscle-flexing: from energy drink to weightlifting dumbbells. The works from her series ‘Hysterical Selfies’ return to still-life painting in the tradition of the old masters. Yet Dawn Woolley doesn’t conjure the magic of objects but criticises the power that these exert over those who identify with them.
In her series ‘Pacifiers’ she investigates the clichés affecting women, who throughout their lives are subjected to the ideals of beauty and perfection as dictated by market and fashion trends.
The ‘Relics’ are from a distance reminiscent of devotional objects. But this impression is misleading.
The ‘Relics’ are no collection of miraculous objects. Crafted from old packaging materials and non-degradable waste, they serve, in fact, as symbols of a reckless consumption that ignores its own devastating impact.
Exhibition opening
Saturday, 26 March 2022 at 5 pm | 6 pm | 7 pm
bildkultur | galerie, Markelstr. 19, 70193 Stuttgart
We kindly ask you to make a binding registration by March 20th for one of the three indicated times under 0170-3106158 or info(at)bildkultur.de.
Introduction
Dr. Matthias Bullinger, bildkultur Stuttgart
The exhibition is on view
from Sunday 27 March – Saturday 30 April 2022
Gallery hours
On appointment:
info(at)bildkultur.de
+49 170-3106158
The exhibition is supported by
Leeds Arts University