Emilie Stark-Menneg’s Supernatural
Bowdoin College Museum of Art June 24 - August 20 2023
“Emilie Stark-Menneg’s Supernatural explores the permeability of the boundary between life and death in a dynamic suite of new works that take inspiration from sources as diverse as the sixteenth century Italian painter Pontormo and the twentieth century feminist artist Ana Mendieta. In her imagery of regeneration and regrowth, Stark-Menneg identifies a metaphor for the intersection of art with life, echoing the work of fellow artists from the Renaissance to our own era, and transporting us into the realm of the supernatural, where brave new worlds await.”
—Anne Collins Goodyear Co-director Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Daphne and Apollo: The Chase, after Pontormo, 2023
3D printed sculpture, 21.6 x 12 x 23 in. and accompanying augmented reality: written and directed by Emilie Stark-Menneg, animated by Elijah Ober. Photo by Luc Demers.
Daphne and Apollo: The Trees, for Pontormo, 2023
3D printed sculpture, 28.4 x 18.1 x 17.9 in. and accompanying augmented reality: written and directed by Emilie Stark-Menneg, animated by Elijah Ober Photo by Luc Demers.
Daphne and Apollo in the Wild, 2023
anaglyph photo, inkjet on canvas
To experience 3D effect view with red and cyan 3D glasses
Forest Flora, 2023
anaglyph photo, inkjet print on canvas
To experience 3D effect view with red and cyan 3D glasses
From the exhibition brochure for Emilie Stark-Menneg’s Supernatural