artscenetv.net | Myths & Monstrosities By Peggy Wauters
Peggy Wauters
03 Sep 2009
100 Tonson Gallery is very pleased to present an exhibition of Peggy Wauterss sculptural ceramics and works on paper titled Myths and Monstrosities. This is the Belgian artists first solo exhibition in Asia.
Peggy Wauters creates humanoid forms that bespeak extreme experience. From physical mutation and disintegration to the evocation of profound psychological states, Wauters sculptures and drawings are an art of provocation and contemplation.
Drawing inspiration from the symbolic status of societys others, such as prisoners, orphans and the disabled, the artist employs a personal interpretation of codes and conventions that signify human frailty and folly. Historically resonant narratives, allegories and allusions are explored to produce a particular vision of basic human fears and feelings for the contemporary climate. A vision, it needs to be said, shot through with an almost perverse sense of humour. Wauterss exaggerated forms can be both mocking and sympathetic.
