Mary Mattingly Life Of Objects

The covid diary started because etty yaniv asked me to write something for her interview series.

Mary mattingly life of objects.

Triple island her next collaborative work will open july 20 on pier 42 in lower manhattan. Ecology nomadic living and community participation are central to mary mattingly s collaborative projects. I took particular interest in mary mattingly works as her ideology and sense of artistic purpose mirror those of mine. Photo of the artist lying naked beneath a tied up bundle of personal possessions.

Available for sale from robert mann gallery mary mattingly life of objects 2013 chromogenic dye coupler print 40 40 in. Life of objects mary mattingly 2013. Art works for change oakland united states. Mattingly combines photography performance portable architecture and sculptural ecosystems into poetic visions of adaptation and survival in her work we encounter nomads laboring under the weight of their possessions.

The piece i have chosen to analyse is life of objects by mary mattingly part of her series house and universe created in 2013. Triple island her next collaborative work will open july 20 on pier 42 in lower manhattan. A para noid still life. Mary mattingly is a brooklyn based artist whose work explores issues of sustainability climate change and displacement.

It follows the flock house project 2012 which included a series of spherical living structures that migrated around new york and the waterpod 2009 a barge based ecosystem with five living.