Lara Saget
Alchemy in the Anthropocene: Lara Saget’s sculptures and videos take the organic as a starting point, transforming ordinary natural materials into otherwordly forms that assume their own narratives and agency.
The fruit underneath, found redwood, dried melon, acrylic paint, bloom booster flower food
Found redwood, layers on top of layers, dried fruit embedded in the wood. Covered in flower food to stimulate growth. We wait.
The redwood that hid, found redwood, velvet pillow, acrylic gel medium, glass, pearlescent pigment, iron oxide, car paint,
The redwood hid in the pillow until it was safe to come out. But the pillow felt so safe, it became it.
containment, scanned paper, watercolor, glass, pearlescent pigment
The outside weighed on the inside until the inside became the outside.
Checklist:
1. The fruit underneath, found redwood, dried melon, acrylic paint, bloom booster flower food 14.5” x 8” x 3.5”, 2020, $2000
2. The redwood that hid, found redwood, velvet pillow, acrylic gel medium, glass, pearlescent pigment, iron oxide, car paint, 18” x 14” x 6.5”, 2020, $2300
3. containment, scanned paper, watercolor, glass, pearlescent pigment, 2020, $1000