alexandra virginia martin: "dress rehearsal"

dress rehearsal, 2024

copper, glass, honey, water, wood, rabbit hair, string, wing, feather, bone, latex, indigo, cinnamon, steel, solder, stone, sand, clay, shell, silicone, terracotta, marigold, lime seed, pomelo, mango, honeysuckle

dress rehearsal presents a muscular offering to tenderness. Composed of a series of vessels loosely and briefly holding water, the architectures are made of “soft, and slow, chosen, and stubborn, queer matters that require tending to.” The work serves as an allegory of living bodies and acknowledges communal being and existence.

alexandra virginia martin (b. 1993) (any/all) is a queer, fluid, sculptor, fabricator, public art organizer and fledgeling aerial straps artist living and working in Detroit / Waawiyaatanong, Anishinaabe territory. Taking the many forms of poems, castings, vessels and durational installations composed of biodegradable materials, their practice highlights interactions between materials and the ways their environments act upon them. They operate the frequently collaborative transmedia project anhelo anhelo. They hold a BFA from the College for Creative Studies and their work has graced independent arts spaces globally.

More about alexandra virginia martin here.

alexandra virginia martin is a recipient of The Sculpture Center’s Revealed Emerging Artist Series.