Negligee (Serotonin)

computerized embroidery on sculpture made from remnant cosmetic facial peel
Artwork

Negligee (Serotonin)

2009
computerized machine embroidery on remnant cosmetic facial peel, dress form
64 H × 16 W × 16 D in (163 H × 40.64 W × 40.64 D cm)

Negligee (Serotonin) is embellished with the molecular structure of the neurotransmitter Serotonin. Serotonin is involved in the modulation of a variety of neural functions and responses including mood, aggression, sleep, sexuality, appetite, and the stimulation of vomiting.

Negligee (Serotonin) is embellished with the molecular structure of the neurotransmitter Serotonin. Serotonin is involved in the modulation of a variety of neural functions and responses including mood, aggression, sleep, sexuality, appetite, and the stimulation of vomiting.

The Daily Voice

…Laura Splan presents the human-scaled, handmade, and the physical body through poetic mediation, reminding us of the inescapable material body…

anti-utopias: Digital Art Series

…An ‘organic cyborg nature’ of the human is unveiled in Laura Splan’s work…Splan’s mixture of scientific and domestic…guides the viewer through an array of captivating approaches that challenge not only current media ideologies but also conceptual paradigms underlying today’s digital art, the question of disembodiment…

American Craft

...Laura Splan disturbs our notions of beauty and femininity by crafting traditionally feminine objects out of unpredictable materials. By using the body as material for textile-based craft, historically thought of as women’s work, Splan shifts the conversation about her work in a way that hearkens back to Miriam Schapiro’s femmage pieces. But in its nearly painful intimacy with the body, Splan’s work has a fresh and universal application: all viewers have their own bodies to contemplate...

Rhizome

...In Laura Splan’s mixed-media practice, the human body functions as both a physiological and cultural site: a conjunction of blood, bones, viruses and viscera masked by successive layers of social display...

Van Every/Smith Galleries

Commissioned for “Re/Formations” exhibition at Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

Exhibitions: Neuberger Museum of Art, Van Every/Smith Galleries

Press: The New York Times, Phaidon

Publications: TEXTILE: Cloth and Culture