Blind Alley projects is pleased to announce Frances Bagley: Oklahoma, a single piece holding its own in a singular space. It is the presence of Oklahoma, with its parts in service to the whole, that first attracted us, and then there was the story of its collaborative making which poetically points to what art is and does as a collection of exchanges, ideas, influences, references, and inspirations manifested in a particular form.
In a statement for this exhibition, Bagley asserts, “I am interested in the form of the figure as sculpture because it conveys energy and information relevant to our relationship with the body. Through the sense of our own physicality, there is empathy either consciously or unconsciously with figural sculpture. In addition, figurative sculpture occupies the same space that we do with a similar sense of presence you feel from another person in the room.” She goes on to explain, “This sculpture titled Oklahoma began as a different piece. After the original piece was exhibited in a gallery in Oklahoma it was returned to me wrapped in two blankets as if someone had dressed the figure. The functional act of protecting the sculpture for travel had a curious consideration about how it was done. Some stranger had unknowingly transformed my sculpture into a better piece by adding a layer of subconscious empathy to the form of the body. I could not take the blankets off.”
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