Julie Hayward
29 May - 06 Jul 2007
JULIE HAYWARD
"Home Sweet Home"
Opening Tuesday, May 29, 7 – 10 pm
Duration until July 6, 2007
Presentation of a catalogue
“The question as to the role sculpture plays in contemporary visual arts is closely linked to the question of how it relates, as an installation, to the surrounding space. Environments as integral models that bring forth an artistic statement and generate meaning serve to call into question current life situations and their manifestations in culture. Julie Hayward’s sculptures address the function of environments, focusing on elements within a domestic context and the deconstruction of their three- dimensionality. On a psychological level Hayward explores the idea of “feeling at home“, focusing on the desires and illusions underlying this social construct. On closer scrutiny, the seemingly familiar objects con- front the beholder with something that is apparently unsettling and evokes a sense of anxiety. But this reaction could from one moment to the next shift to the level of humor. A state of fear that can become all- pervasive but essentially is difficult to pin down and thus recalls Freud’s theory of the uncanny – here something frightening emerges because of long-familiar experiences stored in the subconscious”.
Walter Seidl
"Home Sweet Home"
Opening Tuesday, May 29, 7 – 10 pm
Duration until July 6, 2007
Presentation of a catalogue
“The question as to the role sculpture plays in contemporary visual arts is closely linked to the question of how it relates, as an installation, to the surrounding space. Environments as integral models that bring forth an artistic statement and generate meaning serve to call into question current life situations and their manifestations in culture. Julie Hayward’s sculptures address the function of environments, focusing on elements within a domestic context and the deconstruction of their three- dimensionality. On a psychological level Hayward explores the idea of “feeling at home“, focusing on the desires and illusions underlying this social construct. On closer scrutiny, the seemingly familiar objects con- front the beholder with something that is apparently unsettling and evokes a sense of anxiety. But this reaction could from one moment to the next shift to the level of humor. A state of fear that can become all- pervasive but essentially is difficult to pin down and thus recalls Freud’s theory of the uncanny – here something frightening emerges because of long-familiar experiences stored in the subconscious”.
Walter Seidl