Michelle Wasson: Brave New Sanctuary
Michelle Wasson's paintings evolve from her interest in Buckminster Fuller inspired dome dwellings. The Psychology of these homes—both their owners' and architects'—and the serendipitous nature of happening across one of these alien structures on a backwoods road trip, led Wasson to research a greater variety of exceptional and unconventional dwelling designs from around the world. Whether to create ecologically sustainable shelter; react to the track housing of suburbia; or simply allow the owner to live "off the grid”; many of these homes are born of utopian idealism or naiveté.
Based on existing designs of built and un-built dwellings Wasson's work re-presents these structures as part of plasticized fantasy landscapes. Functioning as their analogues, her paintings create awareness of these distinct structures' existence at the same time offering the viewer a momentary escape ripe with imaginative play.
artwork courtesy Michelle Wasson and
@space Contemporary, Santa Ana
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