Bodies w/o
Organs
B O D I E S W / O
O R G A N S .
D I X I T
I P S E :
E X P E L L E
S A C E R !
Sculptural Series On View At LOS/NR Gallery 03/13–04/23/2026
! Extended until 05/23/26 !
Stemming from thoughts on the mimetisms and counter-mimetisms of bodies, systems, and their inter/intra-relations, the series of sculptural works entitled Bodies without Organs draws primarily from written works by Bataille, Deleuze & Guattari, and Artaud. The displacement of organs from their functions and positions of operativity aims to dislodge a symbolic hierarchy. As our depth of Self is rendered shallow by structures of economy and society, we experience a violence through being reduced to an object. The sculptural organisms and organs bind themselves to objects that become supports, that become part of the body.
Body without Organs: Acéphale
(found bookshelf, found cloth, twine, chain, thread, wire, epoxy putty, wood stain, glue, shellac.) 6x3x1ft
– Detail –
“The body is the body,
alone it stands,
and in need of no organs,
organism it never is,
organisms are enemies of the body”
– A. Artaud
Organ without Body: Céphale
“L’Homme a échappé à sa tête comme le condamné à la prison.”
“Man will escape his head like a condemned man escaping from prison.”
– Acéphale (Essay), Georges Bataille.
(steel wire, thread, epoxy putty, wood stain, glue, shellac.)
12x10x9in
Organ without Body: Exophone
“Dans vos voix de chacal, le bien-être des muselières.”
“In your jackal voices, the wellness of muzzles.”
– . . . . . . And the Dogs Were Silent, Aimé Césaire.
(steel wire, thread, epoxy putty, wood stain, glue, shellac, chain.)
7x2x2in
Body without Organs: Fissipare
“In biology, a fissiparous organism is one that produces new individuals by fission.”
– Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
“Le déprimé est un athée radical et morose.”
“The depressed individual is an atheist, radical and morose.”
– Black Sun, Julia Kristeva.
(aluminum sheet, epoxy putty, wood stain, glue, shellac.)
7x5x4in