RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES
Recent works by Meg Leary
June 23 – July 21, 2018
CUNSTHAUS
Opening :: June 23, 7pm-9pm
Tempus Projects resident artist, Meg Leary's Ride of the Valkyries is scheduled to open Friday, June 23rd at 6pm. Leary is in residency at Tempus Projects in collaboration with CUNSTHAUS this month until June 26th.
The Ride of the Valkyries is artist Meg Leary’s first show in Tampa. The feature work on view are nine gold-leafed hairdryers that represent the valkyries (Brünhilde, Waltraute, Helmwige, Gerhilde, Siegrune, Schwertleite, Ortlinde, Grimgerde and Rossweisse) portrayed in Wagner's epic Opera Der Ring des Nibelungen. The hairdryers spin and sing, flying through the air in chaotic patterns. In Norse mythology, the Valkyries were female warriors send by the god Odin to who fly through the air deciding who lives and dies in battle. During this tumultuous political moment, Leary’s sound sculptures are a physical manifestation of the contradictions of women in the world.
Meg Leary (b. 1978) is a Chicago-based performance, sound and visual artist. She began her career as an opera singer, which has since become the foundation for the visual and performative works she creates. Over the past decade, she has been developing a series of performances, videos, sculptures and compositions based on the public perception of the “diva.” These pieces examine issues of femininity, queerness, fatness and voicelessness.
Leary has an MA degree in Performance Studies from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and an MFA degree in Studio Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She received her BA from Smith College and vocal training at The Boston Conservatory. Her work has been shown at a variety of venues including the Chicago Artists Coalition, Gallery 400, EXPO Chicago, ACRE Gallery, SOHO House, Chicago Artists Coalition, Subterranean, The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, NADA, Elastic Arts, The Hideout, The Whistler, Mana Contemporary, Kendall College of Art & Design, Peanut Gallery, Links Hall, Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, and more. Leary is currently a resident of the HATCH program at the Chicago Artists Coalition and the High Concept Laboratories Sponsored Artist Program.
Recent works by Meg Leary
June 23 – July 21, 2018
CUNSTHAUS
Opening :: June 23, 7pm-9pm
Tempus Projects resident artist, Meg Leary's Ride of the Valkyries is scheduled to open Friday, June 23rd at 6pm. Leary is in residency at Tempus Projects in collaboration with CUNSTHAUS this month until June 26th.
The Ride of the Valkyries is artist Meg Leary’s first show in Tampa. The feature work on view are nine gold-leafed hairdryers that represent the valkyries (Brünhilde, Waltraute, Helmwige, Gerhilde, Siegrune, Schwertleite, Ortlinde, Grimgerde and Rossweisse) portrayed in Wagner's epic Opera Der Ring des Nibelungen. The hairdryers spin and sing, flying through the air in chaotic patterns. In Norse mythology, the Valkyries were female warriors send by the god Odin to who fly through the air deciding who lives and dies in battle. During this tumultuous political moment, Leary’s sound sculptures are a physical manifestation of the contradictions of women in the world.
Meg Leary (b. 1978) is a Chicago-based performance, sound and visual artist. She began her career as an opera singer, which has since become the foundation for the visual and performative works she creates. Over the past decade, she has been developing a series of performances, videos, sculptures and compositions based on the public perception of the “diva.” These pieces examine issues of femininity, queerness, fatness and voicelessness.
Leary has an MA degree in Performance Studies from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and an MFA degree in Studio Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She received her BA from Smith College and vocal training at The Boston Conservatory. Her work has been shown at a variety of venues including the Chicago Artists Coalition, Gallery 400, EXPO Chicago, ACRE Gallery, SOHO House, Chicago Artists Coalition, Subterranean, The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, NADA, Elastic Arts, The Hideout, The Whistler, Mana Contemporary, Kendall College of Art & Design, Peanut Gallery, Links Hall, Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, and more. Leary is currently a resident of the HATCH program at the Chicago Artists Coalition and the High Concept Laboratories Sponsored Artist Program.
CUNSTHAUS is an artist collective established to provide engaging cultural programs and experiences through a collaborative curatorial perspective.
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