凯特·麦克道威尔的瓷器雕塑

概念艺术家凯特·麦克道尔(Kate MacDowell)在她精美的瓷器雕塑中表达了她对自然世界与现代工业化社会对环境影响的冲突的理解。由此产生的作品既有趣又令人不安，因为人类和动物的解剖形态在她精致的瓷器形态中交织在一起。她陈述:在我的作品中，这种与自然世界结合的浪漫理想与我们对环境的当代影响相冲突。这些部分是对环境压力的反应，包括气候变化、有毒污染和转基因作物。他们还借鉴了神话、艺术史、修辞和其他文化的试金石。在某些方面，人类形象代表了我们自己，有时是令人痛心的，有时是幽默的转变，说明了我们目前与自然世界的关系。在另一些国家，当动物被保护免受人为的环境威胁时，它们会采取拟人化的特性。

In her delicate crafted porcelain sculptures conceptual artist Kate MacDowell expresses her interpretation of the clash between the natural world and the modern-day environmental impact of industrialized society. The resulting works can be equal parts amusing and disturbing as the anatomical forms of humans and animals become inexplicably intertwined in her delicate porcelain forms. Via her artist statement:In my work this romantic ideal of union with the natural world conflicts with our contemporary impact on the environment. These pieces are in part responses to environmental stressors including climate change, toxic pollution, and gm crops. They also borrow from myth, art history, figures of speech and other cultural touchstones. In some pieces aspects of the human figure stand-in for ourselves and act out sometimes harrowing, sometimes humorous transformations which illustrate our current relationship with the natural world. In others, animals take on anthropomorphic qualities when they are given safety equipment to attempt to protect them from man-made environmental threats.Some of MacDowell’s work is currently on display at the American Museum of Ceramic Art through January 26th, 2013 and you can see much more of her recent work in her online portfolio. If you liked this, also check out the work of Motohiko Odani. (via empty kingdom)