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Claire Lieberman: UBDO Playground (Unidentified Dangerous Beautiful Objects)
Massey Lyuben Gallery is proud to present UDBO Playground, a solo exhibition of new sculptures from Claire Lieberman.
Lieberman鈥檚 forms are reminiscent of childhood: Arranged in a tic-tac-toe game, these ballooning toy grenades and curvaceous flowers with titles like Star Fleet, Funny Hat, and Radio exude a sweet, playful quality. Yet collectively, her aesthetic is anything but innocent. The pieces are rendered in highly polished black marble; their surfaces smooth and shiny, hand-engraved, or disrupted by protuberances. The effect is at once voluptuous and oppressive, bringing to the surface the hidden menace of commonplace things. Despite her use of lighthearted source imagery, Lieberman鈥檚 sculptures evoke brutality and destruction, giving form to the subject matter鈥檚 lethal beauty.
Accompanying the sculptures is a selection of the artist鈥檚 signature glass guns. The delicate, transparent pistols, inspired by mid-century science fiction toys, are disarming and humorous. However, like the marble pieces, the guns carry a threat of underlying violence. The fragility and sensuality of the glass, hot-sculpted and blown into shapes of futuristic ray guns, may tempt viewers to play with the art, but the inherent danger of weapons is ever present.
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Massey Lyuben Gallery is proud to present UDBO Playground, a solo exhibition of new sculptures from Claire Lieberman.
Lieberman鈥檚 forms are reminiscent of childhood: Arranged in a tic-tac-toe game, these ballooning toy grenades and curvaceous flowers with titles like Star Fleet, Funny Hat, and Radio exude a sweet, playful quality. Yet collectively, her aesthetic is anything but innocent. The pieces are rendered in highly polished black marble; their surfaces smooth and shiny, hand-engraved, or disrupted by protuberances. The effect is at once voluptuous and oppressive, bringing to the surface the hidden menace of commonplace things. Despite her use of lighthearted source imagery, Lieberman鈥檚 sculptures evoke brutality and destruction, giving form to the subject matter鈥檚 lethal beauty.
Accompanying the sculptures is a selection of the artist鈥檚 signature glass guns. The delicate, transparent pistols, inspired by mid-century science fiction toys, are disarming and humorous. However, like the marble pieces, the guns carry a threat of underlying violence. The fragility and sensuality of the glass, hot-sculpted and blown into shapes of futuristic ray guns, may tempt viewers to play with the art, but the inherent danger of weapons is ever present.
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