LIT
October 18, 2019
salonlb. | Chicago
Artist: Sara Salass
Installation Design: Lauren Brescia and Scott Renfro
Exhibition and Event Photography: Julie Dietz Photography
Installation Photography and Videography: Donna Neddo
LIT is a collaborative, site-specific installation featuring D.C. and Chicago - based artist Sara Salass, which immerses her monumental mixed-media sculpture, :4th Runner Up (Self-Portrait as Trophy Wife), within a newly imagined environment inspired by and constructed in response to the work and location.
Sara Salass (b. 1994) is a Chicago and DC-based Iranian-American artist. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Fine Arts, and Art History from The George Washington University (2016) and a Masters of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2019).
“My artworks explore the psychological and emotional contours of hookup culture, social media, and the objectification of women. I am very interested in the ways that sexual politics have changed in the last 10 or so years. In particular, my personal experience and research has drawn my attention to the ways in which social media profoundly impacts women’s interactions with their own bodies.”
: 4TH RUNNER UP
(SELF-PORTRAIT AS TROPHY WIFE), 2019
Silicone, plaster, epoxy putty, iPhone X, popsocket, bruises, fake nails, polyurethane resin, gold chrome plating, MDO, poplar, pine, automotive paint, my body, nontoxic skin release cream, hyper-folic additive, steel, foam, lace body suit, and my life savings.
Special Thanks to Jason Hawk of New Object Works and his team (Tanya Calhoun, Nick Giorgini, and Marshall Svendsen), Chicago Fibergalss Works Inc., Galen Odell-Smedley, and Andy Sweeny for helping me fabricate this piece.