Maria Samuelson | Lady Chapel
OPENING Sa 13.09, 17–20h
SHOW 13.09.-27.09. 2025
OPEN W, Sa, Su 15–18h
Lady Chapel
My current body of work uses bra-making materials to shape and delineate space through tension, compression, and framing as a semblance of forces shaping decisions in women’s lives. The forms parallel and rhyme with religious architecture where polarized portrayals of women in churches and cathedrals apportion the feminine into either the humble, revered, and unattainable saint or the culpable temptress . Archetypal architectural features of these buildings, such as pointed arches, flying buttresses, and groin vault ceilings, visually echo not only feminine curves, but bra construction specifically. The prevalence of stained glass encourages visual associations to lace and embroidered tulle so predominant in women’s undergarments.
Etkar-André-Str. 29, 04157 Leipzig
