Lauren Kalman

use assertive and powerful performances of the female body in relationship to wearable objects and environments. I build objects and environments that interact with the body, and for the majority of my work I use my own body as the site for these interactions. My formative training is in the field of jewelry and contemporary crafts. Over the years my work has transitioned from jewelry as the format of my work to adornment and decoration as the subject of my work. I approach adornment through a variety of methods ranging from traditionally fabricated metal objects, textiles, beading, and ceramics to installation, 3D printing, computer-controlled objects, performance, photography, and video. In recent history, craft has been recognized as a medium that endures outside of the Eurocentric, male dominated, contemporary art world. Through my work I seek to not only reclaim the concept of craft and jewelry from their derogatory associations with decoration, frivolity, femininity, and otherness, but also to use these historical associations in powerful representations of counter narratives to dominant culture. As my work deals largely with the female body, it calls upon historical associations with craft and the feminine. I choose to work within the craft traditions building on their association with the body and the senses.
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