SLOUGH | Alexandra Mainella

Slough is an exhibition that blurs the limits between the body, space and objects. Architecture and spaces become skin and skin turns into architecture, space or landscape. Slough questions how spaces affect our corporeality. The body and space are subjected to very similar processes: they can be constructed and re-constructed. They are groomed and adorned to be perfect and socially respectable, but both also undergo processes of medical scrutiny and inspection because they experience anomalies, imperfections, decay and change. The skin of both these surfaces becomes a manifestation for many emotions, experiences, issues and dialogue, since they are both sites of cultural inscription. Alexandra Mainella uses her own body and skin to communicate this story from her personal experience.

 

Alexandra Mainella is a Toronto-based sculptor, now living in Montreal. In 2008, she completed a with a Honours BFA in Visual Arts at York University and is currently pursuing a MFA in sculpture at Concordia Univeristy. Mainella has exhibited widely in Toronto, including: Racing Thoughts, a juried graduating senior art show at the Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Articulations, a group sculpture show at Niagara Gallery and the Sculpture Society of Canada's 13th Annual Juried Graduating Student Exhibition at Gallery 1313. Montreal exhibitions include: The Hive, MFA group show at Atelier Jean-Brillant and Slough, a solo show at Les Territoires.

image: Alexandra Mainella, Slough, installation view, June 2011 photo credit : David Fabrega