Jurors Statement
Alternate Selves features the work of 33 artists making thought-provoking and insightful art referencing costumes, props, adornment, masks, or disguise. Each artist in some way explores how these external elements can reveal or conceal qualities in the person wearing them. Through actual objects that can be worn, such as Molly Douglass’s decorative head piece Always On My Mind or Meg Robert’s interactive sculpture Filter, and various representations of costumes, such as Sean Lyman’s drawings Sunday and Weight or John Borstel’s photographs in Closet Opera, the works on display explore a variety of issues including history, sexuality, memory, gender roles, cultural identity, and human interaction. In selecting pieces for the exhibition, the committee was particularly interested in work that offered a personal connection to the subject matter and allowed the opportunity for viewers to examine personal identity in a new way.
The work for Alternate Selves was selected from 295 entries from artists across the US and abroad. The selection committee was Andrea Fisher, Director of Morlan Gallery; Kate Sprengnether, Director of the Tuska Center for Contemporary Art; and Becky Alley, Exhibitions & Programs Director at LAL.
The work for Alternate Selves was selected from 295 entries from artists across the US and abroad. The selection committee was Andrea Fisher, Director of Morlan Gallery; Kate Sprengnether, Director of the Tuska Center for Contemporary Art; and Becky Alley, Exhibitions & Programs Director at LAL.