Sexual Entanglements
January 15 - April 20, 2003

What makes an object sexual?

Is it the materials or is it the image?

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Sexual Entanglements reaches for another side of this commercial Hallmark day. We bring together seven internationally acclaimed artists whose work addresses the Fiber side of sexuality. The
Male/Female
Public/Private
Clinical/Intimate
Light/Serious
Sexual side of Fiber.

Adella Lutz
hair
chair
brunette
redhead
blonde
pillow-talking
intimate, embroideries

Jehanne-Marie Gavarini
latex
fetish
orifice
toy
innocent
menacing
colorful, installations

Paula Santiago
blood
menstrual
organic
membranous
clinical
fleshy
wax, sculptures

Linda Raynsford
metal
symbolic
iconoclastic
stereotypical
moralizing
chastising
prurient, bras and briefs

Masako Takahashi
pubic
computerized
beautiful
intimate
familiar
sensual
hairy, images

Bettie Ward
humorous
whimsical
erotic
risqué
subversive
playful
shocking, embroideries

 

J. Mac
rope
bind
touch
love
hope
reject
entangled, figures

 


Adella Lutz



Untitled (chair series 1)
2000
hand-knotted blonde hair on wool upholstered chair
38 x 17 x 21 inches
$15,000






Untitled (chair series 1)
2000
hand-knotted brown hair on wool upholstered chair
38 x 17 x 21 inches
$15,000




Untitled (chair series 1
2000
hand-knotted red hair on wool upholstered chair
38 x 17 x 21 inches (+ hair cloud)
$15,000






SEPARATION ANXIETY
1999 - 2001
hand-embroidered hair on cotton pillowcase
30 x 20 1/2 inches
$1800




WHISKERS/WHISPERS
1999 - 2001
hand-embroidered hair on cotton pillowcase
36 x 20 1/2 inches
$1800






Untitled
2001
hand-knotted brown hair on wool upholstered chair
38 x 22 x 16 inches
$9600


Jehanne-Marie Gavarini



STRANGE ATTRACTORS
2002
Mixed Media Installation





STRANGE ATTRACTOR
2002
Dimensions variable
Mixed Media Installation




STRANGE ATTRACTORS
2002
15' x 15'
Mixed Media Installation





STRANGE ATTRACTOR
2002
Dimensions variable
Mixed Media Installation




FOUNTAIN
2000
18" x 5" x 8"
Mixed Media Installation





SCEPTER
1997
13" x 1" x 7"
Mixed Media




DRESSED TO KILL
1997
4" X 50" X 30"
Mixed Media Installation





HARD CORE
1999
72" X 10"
Mixed Media


Paula Santiago



A
2001
20" x 9" x 9" in glass case
Wax on rice paper, blood, glass & marble base





B
2001
20" x 9" x 9" in glass case
Wax on rice paper, blood, seeds, glass & marble base




C
2001
14" x 14" x 14" in glass case
Wax on rice paper, blood, glass & marble base





D
2001
24" x 17" x 17" in glass case
Wax on rice paper, blood, cinnamon, glass & marble base




MAR
2001
22" x 10" x 10" in glass case
Wax on rice paper, blood, glass & marble base





SEPTUM
2001
35" x 24" x 16" in glass case
Wax on rice paper, blood, glass & marble base


Linda Raynsford



DEEP FLOAT
2000
16" x 16" x 14"
Found steel and copper
POR





POWER BRA
2001
16" x 15" x 13"
Found steel
POR





BARBED BEAUTY
2000
16" x 16" x 14"
Found steel
POR





THE BITCH IS BACK
1999
16" x 15" x 13"
Found steel
POR





SPRING LOADED
2001
16" x 16" x 14"
Found steel
POR





THINGS YOUR MOTHER DIDN'T TELL YOU
2003
11"x7"x5.5"
Found steel
$475





BEEFSTEAK
2003
13"x7"x8.5"
Found steel
$475





DEMOLITION MAN
2003
13"x9"x4.5"
Found steel
$475



Masako Takahashi



HAIRSPLIT
1999
4" x 4"
Human hair scanned onto paper





DUO
1999
9.5" x 4"
Human hair scanned onto paper




FAMILY PORTRAIT
1999
5.5" x 5.5"
Human pubic hair scanned onto paper





JAZZ
1999
4" x 4"
Human pubic hair scanned onto paper




SHAWL
1999
36" x 38"
Embroidery, human hair on silk





LITTLE PINK (detail)
1999
20" x 20"
Embroidery, human hair on silk


Bettie Ward



AMOR
2000
60" x 57", framed
Embroidery on cloth
$7,000





SHAMAN
1999
60" x 57", framed
Embroidery on cloth
$7,000





SWIM PAST MYSELF
2000
60" x 57", framed
Embroidery on cloth
$7,000





THE GAY BOYS
2000
29" x 21", framed
Embroidery on cloth
NFS






THE TATOOED WOMAN
2000
60" x 57", framed
Embroidery on cloth
$8,000















THE TATOOED WOMAN, detaill



THE BEEHIVE
1999-2000
40.25" x 40.25", framed
Embroidery on cloth
$3,800





THINKING OF COCKS
1999-2000
30 " x 30", framed
Embroidery on cloth
$1,500



J. Mac



CREATING SELF
2001
60" x 54" x 54"
Rope, fiber, light and sound
$ 15000





EXCESS OF SPRING
2002
29" x 40" x 14"
Glass and rope
$6000




EMBRACE
2001
31" x 41" x 10"
Glass and rope
$6000





SILENT MEMORY
2002
60"x72"x24"
Fiberglass, rope, crutches, paint
wood/formica base
$6000




ULTIMATE FREEDOM
2002
60" x 26" x 14"
Fiberglass, nails, rope, fiber, paint
wood, Formica, sheet metal
$4000





EMERGING
2002
30" x 30" x 6"
Wall Relief
Wood, fiberglass, rope, paint
$4000




THE SOURCE
2000
30" x 30" x 6"
Wall Relief
Wood, fiberglass, rope, paint
$4000


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