Among the people who have inspired Mia Fonssagrives Solow's creations and make albeit disguised cameos in her new show, Robots /Femmebots: Lisa Fonssagrives, Irving Penn, a Bond Girl, Peter Marino, and Madonna in her Jean Paul Gaultier cone bra.
in New York. We’re in a space she calls her “holding area,” surrounded by her creations: robot-like sculptures, some of which stand about six feet tall. Despite being made of heavy metals, they exude personality—as does their charming maker, whose real-life story beats any fictional plot, sci-fi or otherwise.
Though Fonssagrives Solow has been working on these sculptures for only about 10 years, she has a lengthy artistic pedigree. She was raised among creatives: Her father, Fernand Fonssagrives, was a photographer; her mother, Lisa Fonssagrives, a famous model in the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s; and her stepfather was none other than Irving Penn. And in the 1960s, Fonssagrives Solow co-owned a fashion house in Paris with designer Vicky Tiel, called Mia & Vicky, which was backed by Elizabeth Taylor .
The robots came about when she found herself housebound during a blizzard. Unable to dispose of the garbage or recycling , she began repurposing the materials that were accumulating: eye-drop caps and empty glue bottles, Tea Forté containers, discarded circuit boards, Kleenex boxes, Tide containers, and a lone swim flipper. Once assembled, she cast the patched-together structures in metal, and the originals melted away.
Among the people who have inspired the artist’s creations and make, albeit disguised, cameos in the new show: Lisa Fonssagrives , Irving Penn, a Bond Girl, the architect Peter Marino, and Madonna in her Jean Paul Gaultier cone bra—a cast of characters that reflect her rich and varied life. Here the artist walks us through some of the experiences that have had the greatest influence upon her.At Dalton in sixth grade. My father and Dick Avedon shared a studio.
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