Irene Mamiye

Much of my practice focuses on the vast wave of images that collectively circulate online. By the nature of “showing and sharing” visual culture, images become orphaned from their intent and authorship, and distinctions between originals and copies are lost. My Iconic Works animation videos consider the status of works of art that have transcended authorship in a different way. I choose “iconic” sculptures and installation works that exist in the collective consciousness of online art lovers – works of art that are mythologized in contemporary culture and function outside of, and beyond, artistic authorship. Iconic Works renders these historic art works in virtual space and I animate narratives of their destruction, disarray and self-determined departure from the intent of the artist/author.