Statement

Cherry Series

Sugar Bodies

Bathroom Tales:
Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice

Jewel Boxes

Private Voices

Good Girl Sculptures

Cupcake Dreams

Dressing Room
Dramas: Pink and
Ruffled

Boss Baby's Slumber
Party

Your New Princess

Soft Voices

Cherry Desires, ceramic, acrylic, sound, 36" x 54" x 6", 2008

The Cherry Series is intended to create fantasy objects and explore cultural stereotypes about beauty, desire and femininity. The sculptures resemble abstract desserts, which reference to the female body. The inspiration for this project comes from personal experience. My father owned a restaurant and bakery and as a child I spent many hours there while he was working. Sometimes I helped out with cooking and baking tasks. Other times I would just pick a treat from the bakery case to eat. I also struggled with my weight as a little girl. This project reflects the beauty and delight I saw and experienced at the bakery as well as the gluttony and shame of my body. It also reflects cultural expectations and stereotypes about the female body.

Cherry Desires was created and exhibited while I was an artist in residence at A.I.R. Vallauris in Vallauris, France.

Photographs of this project were taken by Shelley Anderson.