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    • #ME TOO | ALTERED MEMORIES | ORPHAN
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    • INSTALLATION AND PERFORMANCE
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    • WORKS ON PAPER & PAINTING
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    • SELECTED WORKS FROM SKETCHBOOK
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5/5/2010 0 Comments

City Paper

"From a distance, Martha Posner's sculptures are sweetly balletic: Evoking blissful action, the creamy, rustic children's gowns seem to float on their own, dancing like little girls do. But step right up, and beautiful quickly turns grotesque. Posner's 'Memory of Flight' comprises a handful of such 'shape-shifters,' made of found objects, wire, feathers, pigment, synthetic hair and beeswax. The result is a texture not unlike the flesh of picked-over roadkill, wounded and sticky. It's a visceral juxtaposition of sweet and wholly unsavory, yet for the artist, transformation is the key. 'When the shape is shifting, it enters a transient state,' says Posner in her artist statement, 'which transcends categorization as either human or beast.' Whether you choose to get close or keep your distance, you won't be able to look away." 
-Carolyn Huckabay, City Paper, May 5th, 2010
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