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Swiss Institute (SI) is pleased to present Sissy Institute, the first solo exhibition by artist Mona Filleul in the United States. In Sissy Institute, Filleul continues her exploration of artmaking as a vehicle for creating and sustaining queer transnational communities. Featuring works that blur distinctions between painting, sculpture, and assemblage set within an architectural scenography, the exhibition constructs a refuge for the increasingly policed expression of queer and trans subjectivities.
In the lower-level gallery, aluminum studs, which typically undergird walls, both guide the viewer’s navigation through the gallery space and frame the works on view. Filleul’s relief works are built from industrial objects such as insulation boards, foam panels, and concrete, onto which an eclectic variety of materials are applied, ranging from beeswax and mulberry fiber to hemp and LED lights. On the textured, illuminated s…
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Swiss Institute (SI) is pleased to present Sissy Institute, the first solo exhibition by artist Mona Filleul in the United States. In Sissy Institute, Filleul continues her exploration of artmaking as a vehicle for creating and sustaining queer transnational communities. Featuring works that blur distinctions between painting, sculpture, and assemblage set within an architectural scenography, the exhibition constructs a refuge for the increasingly policed expression of queer and trans subjectivities.
In the lower-level gallery, aluminum studs, which typically undergird walls, both guide the viewer’s navigation through the gallery space and frame the works on view. Filleul’s relief works are built from industrial objects such as insulation boards, foam panels, and concrete, onto which an eclectic variety of materials are applied, ranging from beeswax and mulberry fiber to hemp and LED lights. On the textured, illuminated s…
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