NADA
2016
LORD LUDD, Miami Basel, Florida
Stacked, latex, rope, silver pleather, 96" x 36" x 24”,2016.
This installation consists of a column comprised of four large air-filled balloons, secured to the wall with a sturdy rope. The artwork draws inspiration from both Brancusi's endless columns and Judd's stacks, which employ the form of stelae, but with a noticeable gender difference. At NADA, artist Nancy Davidson showed a piece using inflated weather balloons to celebrate the gravity-defying female body. Her “Stacked” sculpture is a tower of cheery and voluptuous green derrieres, bursting out of silver bikini bottoms. It’s sensual and absurd at the same time, challenging standards of both sculpture and beauty. Davidson’s work, which began as a response to male sculptors like Richard Serra and Donald Judd, changes the conversation by using latex and fabric instead of the more stoic steel and concrete of 60s minimalism. Her work references female pop culture icons — from Betty Boop toMae West — and is impossible to ignore.
STACKED, LATEX, ROPE, PLEATHER, 96" X 36" X 24", 2016, PHOTO CREDIT STUDIOLHOOQ