Luciana Lamothe: Tension

Lamothe creates sculpture by reconfiguring ordinary construction materials. Her material of choice is the rigid structural metal pipes that are typically used at construction sites, however, atypically, Lamothe alters their structural integrity by corroding, burning and cutting into them. She renders these materials as ductile, elastic, and dynamic in a way that contravenes expectations about their apparent rigidity. She stresses the materials to just within their breaking point, creating doubts about strength and security. Whether they are structural or sculptural, supportive or dangerous, strong or weak, durable or decaying, they represent the breakdown of societal structure.