About

An ecstatic mouth, an elated smile, a tear-filled eye, a Baudelairean mane of
hair, the sudden appearance of a breast, movements that seem to graze or
caress the flesh—piece by piece, Chloe Wise makes bodies appear, coming to
greet us, embrace us, then engulf us. We would like to be able to read their
faces, and get to know them effortlessly, to easily categorize and digest their
emotions at first glance. In response, the figures hold their poses, performing
to perfection. We feel as if we are discovering a big, blended family, the
artist’s clan of liberated figures, a band of sisters.

As we let our …