body sculpture
Jordan Wolfson is an artist whose work reflects the situation of the world today. Acting as a witness to the shadow forces within the human condition, Wolfson positions the audience in a physical and moral confrontation with issues facing society and our own place within them.
Wolfson’s animatronic sculptures stage the artist’s desire to reach a deeper register of audience feeling. His works reside at the interface of art history and new technology, drawing from a formal lineage of twentieth-century sculpture as well as images and motifs from the mass media, popular culture and the internet.
This is the first solo presentation of Wolfson’s work in Australia and will feature the world premiere of Body Sculpture — a major acquisition for the National Gallery’s collection. As with Wolfson’s previous animatronic works Female Figure 2014 and Colored Sculpture 2016, this new work combines sculpture and performance to generate emotional and physical responses in the viewer.
Imre and Marne consulted and contributed to the movement direction and choreography of the piece. Working closely alongside Jordan to find the relationship between the body, the sculpture and its relationship with the spectator.
