{"id":8099,"date":"2018-08-09T12:59:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T16:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=8099"},"modified":"2018-08-10T17:56:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T21:56:00","slug":"lauren-mele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/lauren-mele\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Mele"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3459\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8099-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/LaurenMele.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/LaurenMele.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/LaurenMele.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8105 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LMA-Self-pic.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LMA-Self-pic.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LMA-Self-pic.jpeg?resize=314%2C420&amp;ssl=1 314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LMA-Self-pic.jpeg?w=479&amp;ssl=1 479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Lauren lives and works in London. She got her BFA at the Art Insitute of Boston (2008) and her MA in Contemporary Art History &amp; Theory at the Sotheby\u2019s\u00a0institute of art (2012).<\/p>\n<p>The statement from the artist:<\/p>\n<p>Anxiety, hesitation, lust, and gluttony are never a step too far in any direction of my life. I work from memory; memories sidestep objectivity.\u00a0Their visual manifestations are intensely personal and revealing.\u00a0My work\u00a0makes the\u00a0fleeting essence\u00a0of memory, tangible; the paintings put flesh to the bones of narrative.\u00a0The unreliable and organic nature\u00a0of recall makes for paintings that flirt with improvisation and result in vibrating and, in my case, anxiety laden energy. Working with concepts of femininity and the undercurrents that point to notions of the feminine,\u00a0androgyny and feminist; my paintings unabashedly portray women delighted in their skins. Embracing flaws, sexuality and indulgence, they urge the viewer to engage with the unsavoury sides of themselves. Social labels of grotesque and lust associated with the body interest me, my figures explore the intricacies of the two.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8103\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8103 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/All-the-girls.jpeg?resize=640%2C475&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/All-the-girls.jpeg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/All-the-girls.jpeg?resize=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/All-the-girls.jpeg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/All-the-girls.jpeg?resize=265%2C198&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/All-the-girls.jpeg?resize=566%2C420&amp;ssl=1 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cAll the Girls in the Line for the Bathroom\u201d Oil on Canvas,\u00a040&#215;50 (cms) 2016. All the aesthetic preparations that go in to a gritty night out inevitably ends up in a line for the bathroom. Debauchery, sleaziness and edge go hand in hand with the tweaked and teased elegance of getting ready to go out. Phones out, seedy reflections in a sticky floor; sweat and bodies congregating closely, intentionally and not. Everyone is in the rhythm of the night, in and out of synch with each other. Notes from art history can be seen here, figures imitating Picasso\u2019s Demoiselles, suggesting femininity through the ages, is transient, a concept that breathes and exudes subjectivity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8104\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8104 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Girlies.jpeg?resize=640%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Girlies.jpeg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Girlies.jpeg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Girlies.jpeg?resize=100%2C70&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Girlies.jpeg?resize=589%2C420&amp;ssl=1 589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cGirly\u201d Oil on Linen,\u00a055&#215;65 (cms) 2018. This image of femininity sidesteps the pretty and puts gluttony on the table. Bodies sweaty and physical; flaws are exaggerated, embraced and flaunted. These figures, using myself as a physical point of reference, exude flamboyance and confidence, two attributes I strive for in my everyday but somehow suppress. The term \u2018feminine\u2019 should be flexible and fluid, say these figures, and more strongly associated with the term \u2018feminist\u2019. Society manages to keep the two concepts fairly disassociated, when in fact both should bring the word \u2018robust&#8217; to mind.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/LaurenMele.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listLauren lives and works in London. She got her BFA at the Art Insitute of Boston (2008) and her MA in Contemporary Art History &amp; Theory at the Sotheby\u2019s\u00a0institute of art (2012). 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