Ever since we featured Washington D.C. born artist Alexa Meade in a Matter Observed post last year, we’ve been wistfully anticipating her next project. Well, the waiting is over. Alexa’s new work is a collaboration with LA-based actor and performance artist, Sheila Vand. Meade uses her signature brush-strokes-on-body technique, only this time using milk as her backdrop to “explore the fluidity of form in relation to time and space.” According to her artist statement, she explains that “by stripping the subject of depth and dimension, a displacement of identity ensues, demonstrating the power of context over content.” Here’s a behind the scenes glimpse at Meade’s enticing new project:
Sheila Vand explains, ”our process is a constant dialogue between destruction and creation so the symbolism of milk, a reproductive substance, is an integral component.” Alexa Meade adds, “if the lines that we use to define the contours of our identities are constantly shifting shape, then we want to redraw those lines in a way that exposes the masks we wear for what they are – an illusion.”
For more info and striking images, go to “Milk: what will you make of me?“
