Io Palmer
Artstars: Installation view
2009
photo by reza safavi
Io Palmer
Artstars: Installation view (detail)
2009
linen hair buns made with sewn linen and plastic hair bobbles
photo by reza safavi
Io Palmer
Artstars exhibition
2009
Mop made with braided synthetic hair, hair notions, mop handle and mop head
photo by reza safavi
Io Palmer
Artstars exhibition (detail)
2009
Mop made with braided synthetic hair, hair notions, mop handle and mop head
photo by reza safavi
I use drawing, photography, ceramics, and fabric to produce conceptual objects and mixed-media installations that explore the ephemeral substances of social culture. Headdress, hair and uniform are tropes created to depict the tensions between the domains of the imagination and the public performances of identity.
The physical labor needed to produce my work parallels the energy needed to critique mass cultural forces in order to carve out one's individual identity. My work points to the symbiotic relationship between public society and private identity. Being enveloped within this creative space , viewers are offered the possibilities of considering the symbolism my work evokes and provokes.
My work offers both a thought-space and an open-ended critique meant to propel participants into new forms of imaginative (and literal) space that plays with history, gender, race and expression. These created objects can propel an act, a performance or an expressive movement.
Io Palmer
Artstars exhibition
2009
Materials: Cotton garment, forged metal stand and steel wisk with linen hair buns hovering above with plastic hair bobbles.
photo by reza safavi
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