3. E.V Day

"Bride Fight"

After we looked at a few works from E.V. Day in class I wanted to learn more because her work is pretty mind blowing. Day is a sculptor and installation artist, she explores various themes in sexuality and feminism along with imitating pop culture. She is known for her pieces that look like they are being blown up, she started this “Exploding Couture” series in 1999. The first piece in this installation was titled “Bombshell”, which is made of fabric and fishing line and is meant to bring to mind a famous image of Marilyn Monroe. Some of her recent work is a big installation in the New York City Promenade that consists of vintage clothing that is suspended.

"Bombshell"

Her work can be seen as conceptual art because there is new meaning behind these objects when they are shredded and suspended. Day’s work is something that I have never seen before but instantly loved it. Her craftsmanship and attention to detail is so amazing. Not only is Day’s work 3-Dimensional but also there are so many angles and dimensions that a viewer can approach it from that each time there is different experience. Even when she flips an article of clothing upside-down and suspends it there is a whole different way on seeing it compared to its original purpose. In one article that I came across in the New York Times, Day explained her work as, “futurist abstract paintings in three dimensions”. I quite enjoy her work and to every person it holds a different connotation. The idea that she shows all the pieces of an “explosion” and suspends them in air is brilliant and such an interesting way of approach sculpture. 

New York City Promenade Installation 

"Carmen"

"Cherry Bomb Vortex"