September 9–27, Reception Monday, September 9, 5:00 p.m., Kipp Gallery, First Floor Sprowls Hall
Devices for Filling a Void combine jewelry forms with forms of
reconstructive surgical devices, used to hold the flesh in place as it
heals. The title points to ideas about women being
incomplete or lacking, requiring augmentation by men, objects, dress,
makeup, and adornment. Through the use of the semiotics of gold, this
work visualizes the aesthetic, social, and ethical implications of the
medicalization of beauty, adornment, and sexuality.