Dirty Laundry

From the exhibition Domestic Structures, curated by Candice Greathouse

2017 | Athens Institute of Contemporary Art
Athens, Georgia

“A sophisticated evocation of the fragility of home, Elizabeth Lide’s Dirty Laundry plays like a collection of archaeological relics. Her vases and pitchers crafted from paper pulp and plaster suggest a myth of home propped up with great effort.” 

- Felicia Feaster for The Atlanta Journal Constitution

As curator Candice Greathouse wrote in her essay, Domestic Structures explored gendered understandings of domesticity and familial narratives, often relegated as “feminine” and “sentimental.” When she visited my studio, Greathouse was attracted to my discarded misfits: the paper pulp vessels that had collapsed or were misshapen, my color tests, and broken plaster pots, pieces that I had not considered showing in public. I, too, liked their unexpected qualities and dysfunctional messages. Out of our conversations came Dirty Laundry.