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May 18, 2006- June 24, 2006
Reception: May 18, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Mayumi Lake
M.Y. Art Prospects
547 W 27th StM.Y. ART PROSPECTS is pleased to present the second solo exhibition of Chicago-based artist Mayumi Lake, opening May 18 and continuing through June 24. This exhibition is presented as part of the citywide celebration of Asian Contemporary Art Week (May 22ˆ27, 2006). The reception will be held on Thursday May 25, 6ˆ9pm.
Entitled "My Idol." Mayumi Lake's new photography series revisits childhood romantic fantasies from an adult's point of view.
In some of these works, an adult female engages in intimate companionship with a female doll in the bedroom. Almost identical in size and semi-nude, the two figures resemble playmates in an environment where childlike desire meets sexual gratification. Other works explore the image of a white horse in a grove as an auspicious omen of meeting Prince Charming. Most absurd of all is a moonlit image of a woman sleeping beside a potted tree. Fruit-like objects in the tree's branches bear a mocking resemblance to human sperm. The scene was inspired by an animal behavior called "caching." Prior to winter, some birds store small dead animals and insects by hanging them from tree branches. Is the woman in the picture saving sperm for her unborn child? Or is she just dreaming about it?
Lake seems to be saying that, contrary to everything one learns in life, one tends to discount all the broken promises and stubbornly cling to the hope of finding an ideal friend, lover, companion or partner. At the same time, her images also express a poignant yearning to regain lost innocence.
Originally from Osaka, Japan, Mayumi Lake studied photography at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she earned a BFA (1997) and an MFA (2000). She also studied at the Rhode Island School of Design (1997-98) and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2003). Since 1997 Lake's work has been exhibited at MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, the Institute of Contemporary Art, London, Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt, Art In General, and the Asia Society, New York. Her 2005 solo exhibition of "Poo-Chi" at M.Y. ART PROSPECTS was reviewed by Art Asia Pacific and Contemporary Magazine. This fall, Lake will participate in Bangkok International Art Festival.
Art Reviews of My Idol
| Village Voice June 1, 2006 | R.C. Baker | "Children often have imaginary friends; the 40-year-old Lake conflates the companion of her own youth with the silicone fantasies available to men in Japanese "love hotels."..." |
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