Michelle Matson "Rise"
PLEATS PLEASE ISSEY MIYAKE
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PLEATS PLEASE ISSEY MIYAKE presents BRAVO TV’s Work of Art contestant Michelle Matson, and her latest paper sculpture installation entitled RISE.
PLEATS PLEASE ISSEY MIYAKE’s Spring/Summer 2012 collection was designed around the themes of BELIEF and KACHINA, the Native American (Hopi) spirit beings that are oftentimes depicted as colorful dolls. It is believed by Kachina devotees that life is present in all objects of the universe. Our interaction with the life force emanating from the beings and objects around us is considered central to our survival.
Reflecting on these concepts, artist Michelle Matson created a totem-like sculpture for PLEATS PLEASE ISSEY MIYAKE store visitors to interact with. Made with her signature technique of paper cutting, it is accompanied by numerous paper birds that emerge from the sculpture as if flying towards the skies, a physical embodiment of the exchange of life force energy. The overall installation conjures up feelings of grace, joyfulness, and mystery; all in the spirit of the Hopi ideals.
Michelle Matson is an interdisciplinary artist working predominantly with paper sculpture. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City, Matson has worked assisting prominent artists such as Marilyn Minter and Josephine Meckseper. Her unusual paper creations that are oftentimes inspired by nature, and more intriguingly by body fluids, have been exhibited at Kravets Wehby Gallery, Postmasters, Stux Gallery, and Zach Feuer’s Project Space, among others. In 2011, Matson was selected to participate in BRAVO TV’s reality show Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, produced by actress Sarah Jessica Parker. Matson competed against 13 other up-and-coming artists and proved to be judge and New York Magazine art critic Jerry Saltz’s evident favorite.
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from February 10, 2012 to March 11, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-02-16 from 19:00 to 21:00