Faculty of Art
Drawing and Painting
Sydney Lad
I'm not afraid of outgrowing myself
Sculpture
2024
Latex, mixed media
"Corporeal Transgressions" Sculpture
“I wear my clothes hard. I rip holes in the knees of my pants, fray the hems of my dresses, and sweat through the pits of my shirts. I wear the soles of my shoes down, my pinky toes poking through the side of my leather boots. I live in my clothes and then I outgrow them, but I’m not afraid of outgrowing myself. I will pull myself around me, calloused but soft, new but familiar, and make myself at home again. ”
Work by
Sydney Lad
Drawing and Painting
“Exploring the absurdity of limitation and the joy in play and possibility, I create works that reflect the transformative experiences of the human body. Focusing on metamorphic processes of birth,...” [More]
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