Cathy de monchaux biography of albert einstein
Cathy de Monchaux calls us to our senses and to the residue of corpo- reality, with Evidently Not (), where tactile sur- faces confound dimensionality.!
It is by being so prosaic that Duchamp's objects pose their philosophical question.
Cathy de Monchaux
British sculptor (born )
Cathy de Monchaux (born ) is a British sculptor.
Early life and education
Born in London, daughter of the sculptor Paul de Monchaux, de Monchaux earned her BA at the Camberwell School of Art (–) and an MA at Goldsmiths College, University of London (–).[1]
Style and career
Her sculptures use materials such as glass, paper, metal, fur and leather.
Her works juxtapose seductive, soft elements, sometimes associated with strongly sexual overtones, with harder materials, often spikey or in some way appearing to constrain the softer parts, resulting in work which is both sensual and threatening.
Her exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery in particular made reference to organic forms (crustacea, fossils), animals, erotic and fetishistic imagery, turn of the century decorative traditions, architectural detailing and saintly relics.[2]
She won a Steinberger Group Award in and the London Arts Individual Artist's Awa