Please Hold
Two Person exhibition with artist Virginia Walcott
Aquarium Gallery
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans-based artists Eliza Wapner and Virginia Walcott present Please Hold, an interdisciplinary exhibition on view at Aquarium Gallery from February 11, 2022 — March 6, 2022. Combining textiles, video, painting, sculpture, and text-based works, the show examines the dissonance between our unpredictable, mysterious bodies and the rote motions of the medical system. Looking beyond health care providers and their practices, Please Hold explores the anonymous and disquieting environments created by these systems and the deeply personal experience of navigating them.
Two Person exhibition with artist Virginia Walcott
Aquarium Gallery
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans-based artists Eliza Wapner and Virginia Walcott present Please Hold, an interdisciplinary exhibition on view at Aquarium Gallery from February 11, 2022 — March 6, 2022. Combining textiles, video, painting, sculpture, and text-based works, the show examines the dissonance between our unpredictable, mysterious bodies and the rote motions of the medical system. Looking beyond health care providers and their practices, Please Hold explores the anonymous and disquieting environments created by these systems and the deeply personal experience of navigating them.
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Paper Quilt (Tuck Me In) I
Reupholstered chair-Medical exam paper, office chair, spray adhesive, black thread, tape, polyfill
Left: Installation shot Right: Close up
Reupholstered chair-Medical exam paper, office chair, spray adhesive, black thread, tape, polyfill
Left: Installation shot Right: Close up
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Blue Painting Series
This series was done in conjunction with Virginia. We were each created a series of four paintings that were painted with this blue shade that is often seen in hospitals. As unsettling as it is soothing, this color paints a dullness over our individual experiences in these spaces. See Virginia's paintings here.
For me a lot of this work is giving shape and space to my own physical pain and my experiences in the healthcare system. I make these painting to measure these moments.
Paintings from top to bottom:
Mystery Meat
does you ever think about your body like a hot dog casing?
cotton mesh fabric, staples, paint
One Month
crushed up birth control, glue, paint
This series was done in conjunction with Virginia. We were each created a series of four paintings that were painted with this blue shade that is often seen in hospitals. As unsettling as it is soothing, this color paints a dullness over our individual experiences in these spaces. See Virginia's paintings here.
For me a lot of this work is giving shape and space to my own physical pain and my experiences in the healthcare system. I make these painting to measure these moments.
Paintings from top to bottom:
Mystery Meat
does you ever think about your body like a hot dog casing?
cotton mesh fabric, staples, paint
One Month
crushed up birth control, glue, paint
Pain Map
Screen printed on drawing paper 5 x 7
Screen printed on drawing paper 5 x 7
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Collective Pain Map
Made during the show Paint, canvas, oil pastel, brush, cup, string |
