Performance | “Objectified Red and Gold Couch”

Have you been missing our performances? Here's a lovely Valentines Day themed edition from our Objectified Series. If I were to join a subscription-based or pay-to-view platform (like Patreon, Only Fans, Fansly, youtube subscriptions, Instagram subscriptions, or whatever), would you join (or be interested)? If so what platform would you want to see this on? I'm seriously considering it. Please weigh in and let me know!

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Performers:
Jen McSaule IG: Jenmcsaule
Tanja Van Haasen IG: Tava_sutra

ARTIST STATEMENT ON OBJECTIFIED:
“Do the living spaces that surround us own us or do we own them? My Objectified series poses these questions and allows viewers to come up with answers by creating a conversation within the self. What is all this stuff in my living space and why do I choose these material items? There seems to be a sort of cohesive relationship built between animate and inanimate objects in the home. We want to entice you to explore four powerful examples of common living spaces that will come alive through human models fashioned with body paint.

About 14 years ago, I was accused by a conservative friend of objectifying women in my artwork. Since I collaborate with consenting (often enthusiastic) models & performers, I laughed and thought I’d delve deeper into the phrase “Objectified” and the domestic expectations that were being placed on me, questioning consumerism and identity. Now, at nearly 40 and having grown past many of these societal pressures, I revisit this series within the context of our current political climate to examine the historical female nude within the context of art history, issues of consent, laws that remove the freedom of choice women have over their own bodies, and social media censorship.” – Trina Merry

Trina Merry is a leading body painter in a generation that emerged in the wake of the influence of Yves Klein, Yayoi Kusama, and Verushka. Merry studied with Robert Wilson and Marina Abramovic as a Watermill Center summer resident, creating five living bodypaint installations on site. There she absorbed their unique attention to space, silence in stillness and transported these applications in her work to the chaotic neon streets of New York and subsequently, the world. She has also studied with Alex and Allyson Grey on “Visionary Art and the Light Body”. She has crafted her own visual and conceptual vocabulary that emerged through her focus on the points of juxtaposition between the organic human form and the phallic hard lines of architecture.

Merry has performed and exhibited at The Whitney Biennial, Getty Villa, San Jose Museum of Art (with Andy Goldsworthy), Attleboro Arts Museum, ESMoA, Museo De Bardini (Florence), Edward Hopper House, Red Dot Miami, Superfine! Art Fair, Satellite Art Show, WORKS San Jose & SOMArts alongside the Guerilla Girls. Merry currently lives in New York City has a BFA in film.

Performances were created for and exhibited at Untitled Space “OBJECTIFIED” to coincide with Tribeca Art + Culture Night. A selection of her photography was exhibited and you can click here to see the exhibition: https://youtu.be/-QKHVYT7qg8
& here to see behind the scenes of the live performance: https://youtu.be/YDWCUylz-Rg

If you would like to learn more about Trina or book her, visit: https://www.trinamerry.com/

If you would like recommendations on materials for bodypainting, read this blog (there's also a video for you): https://www.trinamerry.com/trinamerryblog/how-to-choose-your-bodypaint