Sculpture
Blood Smear
A light box displaying three translucent images of the artist's blood cells, off of which hangs a crocheted textile with inlaid doilies. The ends of this textile and the floor beneath it are saturated in paprika.
Sculpture
Heirloom
A crocheted textile is suspended on a rectangular frame. Mood stabilizers (lamotrigine) are beaded onto the fabric and silicone made to look like human skin is present.
Sculpture
Memory's Paradox
An antique chair inherited from the artist's great-grandparents has been reupholstered to be tactically appealing. The chair sits on another heirloom: a textile once again inherited from the artist's great-grandparents. Lavender sits underneath the... More
Sculpture
Sensation
A body trapped in a cage emerges from the ground. This body, simultaneously frozen and alive, is surrounded by white spiders.
Installation
Transgression
A series of three pieces: A structure displaying numerous doilies, a light box displaying a microscope image of blood and mould mixed together, and a microscope slide which this image was taken from.
Installation
Untitled
A non-functional vanity. There is a mirror obscured by nylon, and a shelf with nonsensical and dangerous objects: a twisted, amorphous body with projecting needles threatening viewers. In the foreground, a plinth with a thimble confronts audiences.
Work by
Olivia Pare aka. Livi
“When confronted by something that thrusts corporeal reality - the repressed truth of the vulnerability and impermanence of the physical body - into perspective, the observer is left conflicted and...” [More]