Mea Culpa, Abigail Goldman’s Solo Art Show at Hashimoto Contemporary Featuring Gory Dioramas
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Mea Culpa is the upcoming solo art show by Washington artist Abigail Goldman at Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco featuring her collection of miniature, gory "Dieoramas." Abigail's show opened on August 4th, 2016 and will remain on display until August 27th. Each piece is available to request for purchase on Artsy.
"Mea Culpa" features a series of dioramas that contain tiny worlds, each similar to our own and inhabited by figures less than an inch high. White picket fences, manicured lawns and mundane suburban settings are all found throughout Goldman's work. However upon closer inspection, these minuscule environments are also center stage for various acts of debauchery and gore. The show is comprised of both free-standing and wall-mounted sculptures, each serving as a small window into a different reality. One sculpture depicts two women enjoying a picnic on a grassy 8-inch square island, where fragments of their "guests" can be seen sprawled across the checkered blanket. Another shows a man scrubbing his back with a loofa in the shower, facing away from the bloody figure behind him on the tiled bathroom floor. These perplexing moments create an uncomfortable tension, which in turn forms endless questions of motive and implication.
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