Kristine Mays: Rich Soil
May, 2020 - November 9, 2020
Kristine Mays creates life-size wire sculptures that reveal the human form. Sculpted from thousands of pieces of wire hooked and looped together, each garment embodies a fleeting gesture or expression.
Inspired by the movement of Alvin Ailey's dance composition "Revelation", Rich Soil pays honor to the ancestors- those that walked, lived on, and tended to this land- to the lives that have been recognized and those that have been "forgotten". These forms deliver a message of strength while challenging how we view ourselves and others.
Within the confines of hard metal wire is a sense of resilience and perseverance - a need to push forward and thrive. The work also speaks to identity - the question of who we are and what we can do with our lives, the impact our lives have on the world.
Rich Soil by Kristine Mays was supported by the Interpretation and Education Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, an endowed fund made possible by a challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
