soos packard
sculpturenew york, ny 10010
soos and sculptures
All Too Human
Soos Packard’s humanoid sculptures suggest an intersection where the idea of self and the
notion of the other are likely to meet. In this way, her vivid, elongated figures, struck
in exaggerated poses, align with the fantasies projected by both celebrity and fashion
photography.
Playful, menacing, bright, and slightly off, each piece possesses a private
self, a psychological whole. Collectively the work creates a viable public, a community.
Finally, on top of creating individual personalities, there is also a distinct narrative
element—cupcakes and cherries, powder puff and make up, and pistol and apple (a la William
Burroughs and Joan Vollmer). But these are intended only as a starting point. Which is to
say, Packard introduces the familiar, the better to reveal the genuinely strange.
Exhibitions:
Intuition-Perception: CONCEPTO GALLERY, 613 Vanderbilt Ave. Brooklyn, NY. June 16-July, '05
The Dollhaus Art Gallery presents: The Terrible Toy Fair II: CBGB ART GALLERY 313 Bowery, NYC. FEB 5 - 28, 2004
HERE Independent Art 145 Sixth Ave. N.Y.C. May 30-June 29, '98
JORGENSEN GALLERY 238 Mott St. N.Y.C. June 30- Aug. 25, '99
LEVI STRAUSS & CO. flagship store San Francisco, CA July '99.
ALLEGED GALLERY 809 Washington St. N.Y.C. Sept. 11-12, '99
FREIGHT "The Exhibitionists" 410 16th St. N.Y.C. Oct. 26, '02
Self Portrait and A Groupie sold Jan 99 to art collector/fashion designer
Bettina Riedel.
