Ashamed Sculptures #1 , 2015 - Catherine Biocca
about this work
Ashamed Sculptures #1 (2015) was published on the occasion of National Character, Catherine Biocca's inaugural proposal for Billboard Series. This long-term art in public space project in Ghent was initiated by artlead in September 2015. Each year, four artists are invited to create a work that considers the status of the image and fosters a productive dialogue with the surrounding neighbourhood and urban landscape. The presentation of each new Billboard will be accompanied by a support edition and an evening curated by the artist, filled with lectures, performances, film or music.
Both National Character and this edition are extensions of Blushing Sculptures, a series of drawings from 2013. Blushing Sculptures developed from Biocca’s research on classical Hellenic sculptures and depicts these sculptures ashamed of their nudity. The anthropomorphic focus developed in this series is being further explored in this edition.
