Tortured Sleep

Opening reception: January 24th, 4 - 8p

On view: 24th - 31st 9a - 6p

Loosely based on Henry Fuseli's painting 'the Nightmare', Brian Wondergem's installation piece, 'Tortured Sleep' uses homemade fishing poles and various found items to insinuate a ghastly scene. The wooden poles hang on the walls and the lines extend down into found bedding. The various bait hooks into the blankets and provides for a setting where sleep would seem treacherous or at least extremely uncomfortable. This piece equates the unconscious dream state to the physical state of the body during sleep. The bedding and the dreamer have a symbiotic relationship. Here the artwork is an assemblage of found and childlike creations. The blankets are provided for the audience to imagine walking into their dreams. 

 

Brian Wondergem is a sculptor based in Brooklyn, NY.  He was born in Johnson City, TN and graduated with an M.F.A in Sculpture from Yale School of Art. He was the recipient of the Rebecca Taylor Porter Award for Sculpture, and recently received an Emerging Artist Fellowship at Socrates Sculpture Park.

 

He has exhibited in Los Angeles, Tennessee, Connecticut, Michigan, Newark, and New York City. He participated in the 2007 Emerging Artist Fellowship Show at Socrates Sculpture Park, and regularly exhibits around the New York Area.

You can find out more about Brian at his website.