Every Driven Leaf
Ok fine, it’s a Fall show. The leaves fall from a tree and their paths are driven by the wind. The large bronze leaf at the center of this show stands upright, greets the viewer as they enter the show. The shape of this enlarged fig leaf comes from the V&A Museum in London, where it was carved in 1857 to cover the penis of a newly aquired to-scale replica of Michelangelo’s …
Ok fine, it’s a Fall show. The leaves fall from a tree and their paths are driven by the wind. The large bronze leaf at the center of this show stands upright, greets the viewer as they enter the show. The shape of this enlarged fig leaf comes from the V&A Museum in London, where it was carved in 1857 to cover the penis of a newly aquired to-scale replica of Michelangelo’s David. Queen Victoria wanted a leaf to prevent nudity from distracting from sculpture’s figure, in Lina McGinn’s artwork, the fig leaf itself is the figure, and for this group show, let’s call it …
