Chella Man Instagram – “I no longer operate to fulfill roles that were illusions to begin with.”
This is the impulse guiding @chellaman in ‘Autonomy,’ their latest work of performance and installation. On view at @thejewishmuseum through September 15, in the group show “Overflow, Afterglow: New Work in Chromatic Figuration,” the piece is a meditation on self-determination and resilience. In a performance in May at @performance.space.new.york, the artist confronted a silicone mold of their own form, using this “clone” as a site for an inquiry into the intersections of the medical industry, deaf visibility, gender dysphoria, and queer kinship. Through tattooing and piercing the mold, Chella Man sculpts a moving rejoinder to the binaries imposed on bodies. The mold on view at the Jewish Museum acts as an ever-evolving testament to the performance and the farrago of themes it surfaced.
Photography by Annie Forrest | Posted on 03/Jun/2024 20:11:20
