Elaine Cameron-Weir's Uncanny Sculptures at Hannah Hoffman Gallery Explore Body, Automation, and Psychosexual Fiction
From September 17 to November 22, 2017, Elaine Cameron-Weir showcased her work at Hannah Hoffman in Los Angeles. The exhibition included sculptural assemblages that merged functionality with decorative elements, suggesting absent figures. Among the highlighted pieces was FOR MAKE ADMIT THIS VOIDE (2017), which featured a combination of a rubber jacket, leather strapping, steel surgical hardware, and amber stones. The suspended sculptures incorporated chainmail, pewter body parts, and cast pewter feet. Themes of dismemberment and bondage were explored, contrasting futuristic ideas with nostalgic materials such as raw leather and WWII oxygen masks. The exhibition also included olfactory elements like labdanum resin scents. Two wall pieces resembled paintings, and the narrative invited viewers into a sensuous, steam-punk future, reviewed in the December 2017 issue of ArtReview.
Key facts
- Exhibition ran from September 17 to November 22, 2017
- Featured sculptural assemblages including FOR MAKE ADMIT THIS VOIDE (2017)
- Works incorporated materials like rubber, leather, steel, pewter, and raw amber
- Suspended sculptures suggested absent bodies through dismemberment and bondage
- Olfactory elements included labdanum resin scents from a heating mantel
- Aged materials referenced Second World War-era items
- Two wall works used parachute silk, stainless steel, and leather
- Reviewed in ArtReview's December 2017 issue
Entities
Artists
- Elaine Cameron-Weir
- Mary Shelley
Institutions
- Hannah Hoffman
- ArtReview
Locations
- Los Angeles
- United States