Amelia Painting

Amelia is part of an ongoing multimedia series that explores the theme of elevators as an urban space. The piece is one of the artist's responses to the question "Who would you choose to be stuck in an elevator with?" and portrays a constructed image of comedian Amelia Dimodenberg taking a selfie in an elevator. The elevator sits at the intersection of a few topics the artist is interested in: corporate culture, transience, transition, and day-to-day spaces and materials. The elevator as a space brings out a layered sentiment, as it is the site for different types of interactions: chance encounters, small talk, awkward silence, and elevator pitches. For some, it might trigger certain psychological responses, like claustrophobia, germophobia, or even a kinky obsession with surrendering control in such a confined, surveilled place. It is a “space within a space” as described by Michel Foucault - an urban limbo with its own unspoken rules as we head to our destination. As we emerge from the elevator, our social roles change; we become an employee, a customer, a student, a parent, a patient. Parts of our identity that were present before the ride become less apparent as the doors close. This exhibition explores multiple facets of the human psyche as they relate to the elevator as a site of introspection, fantasy, and change.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:9 W x 7 H x 1.5 D in

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