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Karen Mainenti
Seamless, Full Fashioned (Silk Skin)
2018

About the Item

Ground Floor Gallery in Park Slope, Brooklyn is proud to present the solo exhibition, "Message in a Bottle," by Gowanus-based artist, Karen Mainenti. "Message in a Bottle" is an immersive installation transforming the gallery space into an upscale beauty boutique experience replete with the artist’s altered versions of cosmetics, advertising, and signage. The exhibition opened the week leading up to Gowanus Open Studios Weekend (October 19th - 20th), as a tribute to this colossal, artist-led event that welcomes thousands of visitors to the artist studios based in the area. In tandem with our yearly exhibition commemorating the event (and year-round artist enclave), Ground Floor Gallery selected Mainenti - who's called Gowanus her artistic home for since 2014 - to showcase her latest body of work in this all-encompassing context. Building on her exploration of the societal expectations of women, Mainenti teases out the vestiges of historic advertising within today’s social media messages of wellness, self-care and identity. This installation will investigate the contradiction of women’s simultaneous embrace and skepticism of beauty products; questions of product efficacy are often eclipsed by the irresistible promise of faith, belief and transformation. Artwork includes drawings, paintings and sculpture that are inspired by the pricing, marketing messages and containers of women’s cosmetic products, all displayed within a shop-like environment drenched in soft skin-tone hues. Visitors will be invited to participate by contributing their own cosmetic containers to the installation and even commissioning the artist to draw a “portrait” of their own favorite beauty product. Artist Bio Karen Mainenti has had solo exhibitions of her work at the 2019 SPRING/BREAK Art Show, The Bard Graduate Center Library, The Society for Domestic Museology and Chashama. Select group exhibitions include the Untitled Space, DUMBO Arts Festival, La Bodega Gallery, Trestle Gallery, Guest Spot @ The Reinstitute in Baltimore and the Cornell Museum of Art in Delray Beach, Florida. Her artwork has received coverage in ARTnews, Artnet News, Hyperallergic, Gothamist, Brooklyn Magazine, Gallery Gurls and The Believer Magazine, among others. In 2018, she was an Artist-in-Residence at the Bard Graduate Center Library. Mainenti teaches at The City College of New York.

Creator:
Karen Mainenti
Creation Year:
2018
Dimensions:
Height: 16 in (40.64 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)
Medium:
Mixed Media
Movement & Style:
Feminist
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Brooklyn, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU62735206331