Kegel, found objects, fabric, porcelain, leather, upholstery nails,
and foam on wooden framework, 9" x 24" x 4", 2019
and foam on wooden framework, 9" x 24" x 4", 2019
I like the ambiguity of the object (Kegel weight). It has something to do with service and sacrifice, since it’s intended to cure physical damage caused by childbirth. But there is also something humiliating in it, since it declares the standard one must fit.
Artist Statement
Anastasia Sitnikova was born in Russia, where she studied management and economics and pursued a career in corporate business. After moving to the United States six years ago, she started her artistic practice. In her work Anastasia focuses on sculpture and installation.
Anastasia describes her artistic style as an intersection between minimalism, pop-art and Dada, with a touch of feminist ideas. Her art is much driven by the curiosity about human nature and social relations as a representation of inner self and outer world, subconscious and conscious, correspondingly. These aspects of human existence often stay in tension, and tension is a form of energy. Even if it’s rested, it still has potential of creation or destruction. When something is in tension, it’s always an open-ended
situation that includes many possible scenarios, interpretations and outcomes.
Anastasia uses found objects as a source of inspiration, purposely taking them (almost) out the original context and exploring possible alternatives. Stripping off the initial meaning, she attempts to look at the familiar things in a new light. Like an archaeologist, she relies on the discovered artifacts to draw (not necessarily correct) conclusions about the ways they could have been used. Eventually, she projects those assumptions to the society portrait of the current era.
Currently Anastasia is living and working in Illinois. She is an MFA candidate at University of Illinois at Chicago. Her work has been shown in educational institutions, non-profit and commercial galleries in Illinois and Ohio, including Woman Made Gallery, Chicago.
Anastasia Sitnikova was born in Russia, where she studied management and economics and pursued a career in corporate business. After moving to the United States six years ago, she started her artistic practice. In her work Anastasia focuses on sculpture and installation.
Anastasia describes her artistic style as an intersection between minimalism, pop-art and Dada, with a touch of feminist ideas. Her art is much driven by the curiosity about human nature and social relations as a representation of inner self and outer world, subconscious and conscious, correspondingly. These aspects of human existence often stay in tension, and tension is a form of energy. Even if it’s rested, it still has potential of creation or destruction. When something is in tension, it’s always an open-ended
situation that includes many possible scenarios, interpretations and outcomes.
Anastasia uses found objects as a source of inspiration, purposely taking them (almost) out the original context and exploring possible alternatives. Stripping off the initial meaning, she attempts to look at the familiar things in a new light. Like an archaeologist, she relies on the discovered artifacts to draw (not necessarily correct) conclusions about the ways they could have been used. Eventually, she projects those assumptions to the society portrait of the current era.
Currently Anastasia is living and working in Illinois. She is an MFA candidate at University of Illinois at Chicago. Her work has been shown in educational institutions, non-profit and commercial galleries in Illinois and Ohio, including Woman Made Gallery, Chicago.