Allison Zuckerman: Stranger in Paradise : 2017 Artist-in-residence"The grotesque expresses change, dynamism, the possibility of being several things at once. The realm of the grotesque encompasses multiplicity, hybridity, mixture, distortion, the chaotic connection of different worlds and entities, whose borders between which are blurred within the grotesque entity. Indeed, the quality most characteristic of the grotesque, which is highly relevant to Zuckerman's works, is hybridity. Partaking of the inversion of the accepted order, as what was previously central becomes marginalized, the grotesque is characterized by the hybrid combination of disparate elements. This idea of hybridity, as it is encapsulated in 'Stranger in Paradise', reflects a distorted and chaotic world of excess, overturned hierarchies, and the constant interpenetration of various entities." --p.31 |
