My body is floating in space

November 29, 2010 2:39 PM

Jessica Harrison makes art (photos, sculpture) primarily about the body.
posted by klangklangston (13 comments total)

Double.
posted by Gator at 2:46 PM on November 29, 2010

Some of these are absolutely fantastic. I'm not a huge fan of the ceramic dolls, although I totally get and appreciate what she's going for-- my aesthetics tend more towards the organic and textured, which is totally just me. I love everything from the 2009 page, for instance, and quite a bit from 2005. Some of this reminds me a bit of Kiki Smith.

Thanks for the post.
posted by shakespeherian at 2:48 PM on November 29, 2010

Beautiful and strange. I know a couple of people who collect similar 'normal' figurines like this, which I have always found lovely but yawny. I would love to sneak one or two of these in and see how long it takes Aunt Nell to notice. Heh.
posted by umberto at 3:13 PM on November 29, 2010

Yeah, not really a double. Just because one of her pieces was mentioned before doesn't mean this has been posted.
posted by klangklangston at 3:34 PM on November 29, 2010

Well, the site was linked a few comments in on the previous post. (I remember being annoyed that the OP didn't bother to look up the artist himself.)
posted by Gator at 3:40 PM on November 29, 2010

There's a couch in there that sure looks like a butthole was involved. Butthole Couch Surfers?
posted by Forktine at 6:07 PM on November 29, 2010

Was a time I would have found her stuff the coolest. Now I just feel old and a bit creeped out.
posted by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey at 6:23 PM on November 29, 2010

When I play the bass line I feel like I wasn't invited to the coolest party of the year, right next door.
posted by CynicalKnight at 7:01 PM on November 29, 2010

[chortle] Now to freak out the Stones fans by posting something about bloody porcelain.
posted by CynicalKnight at 7:03 PM on November 29, 2010

Love her work, wry dark humor. Thanks for posting this. I'd seen her macabre porcelain, bloody anatomy mashups but hadn't seen her other stuff, which I really like.
posted by nickyskye at 7:57 PM on November 29, 2010

Yo that arm chair is gross! Really like her work in general though.
posted by Mister_A at 8:25 PM on November 29, 2010

It looks like Buffalo Bill has expanded his love of design into the furniture biz. Slaughtery Barn?
posted by dgaicun at 9:49 PM on November 29, 2010

I love the furniture sculptures too. very genitally. it would be really cool if she did a whole house full of miniatures.
posted by Treefood at 12:08 AM on November 30, 2010