SPORTS!

October 27 - November 19

Monaco is delighted to present SPORTS! a new installation created by Jessica Lambert. Lamberts is the recipient of Monaco’s 2023 Open Call.

Please join us for an opening reception Friday, October 27, 2023 from 6 to 9 p.m with viewings available on Saturdays from 12 to 4 p.m. and by appointment.

For all inquiries and appointments please contact Monaco at info@monacomonaco.us / IG: @monaco_usa

EXHIBITION STATEMENT

My work explores competition, endurance, and discipline using video performance and sculpture. I am fascinated by athletic bodies that perform incredible acts and the sounds of competition. Based on my experience as an athlete, I use my body to train and workout until failure. No athlete wants to fail, but it is an absolute within sports and training. As a retired athlete, my body has lost much of its endurance and conditioning causing it to fail faster in performance pieces. Playfully constructed sculptures and physically demanding performance works bring together the body and sport in relation to competition. I question rules and functionality of sports by manipulating athletic movement and sports equipment. As an artistic athlete or an athletic artist, sports objects become material and the studio becomes my arena.

BIO

Jessica Lambert

Jessica Lambert lives and works in Jonesboro, AR as the current Instructor of Sculpture at Arkansas State University. She holds an MFA in Studio Art with an emphasis in Sculpture from Texas Tech University and a BFA in Art with an emphasis in Sculpture from Southeast Missouri State University. Lambert was previously an Artist in Residence at Charles Adams Studio Project, Instructor at Texas Tech University, and Lead Installer at Landmark Gallery.

IG: @jessicadlambertart / website: www.jessicadlambert.com

For all inquiries and appointments please contact: Monaco at info@monacomonaco.us / IG: @monaco_usa