Sylvie Fleury: Audience Participation March 4, 2013 from Salon 94 on Vimeo.
"I hope you did not feel forced to walk across the floor piece," said Fleury, who fell ill before the opening, but mustered the strength to write in from Geneva. "I rather urge the audience to have fun whatever way they like it."
Sylvie Fleury, Sophisticated Boom Boom!, 2012 Fun, or mischief as it were, seems to be her stock in trade. The original video was made with help from Geneva-based collectors who invited women into their homes to walk on their Andre floor pieces in Mondrian-patterned heels after the minimalist master objected to an earlier work Fleury made by scattering the same heels atop one of his copper rug sculptures. The concept felt very apt amidst the Armory Week deluge, as do Fleury’s more recent "Go Bust" dot paintings based on photos of herself wearing sweaters featuring Victor Vaserly's bulbous Op-Art stylings. They keenly emasculate Damien Hirst's iconic trope into forms meant to resemble breasts. Taken as a whole, Fleury explains, the exhibition is "about freedom." Or, as some might see it, girl power.
"It Might As Well Rain Until September" at Salon 94 Bowery open through April 28, salon94.com.
Photo: courtesy of the artist and Salon 94
