Lisa Walcott

Category: works

  • pink and pretty?

    This piece has transformed itself many times since it’s conception. It was going to be excerpts from “carefree” songs (such as those by Jack Johnson) with a torso-esque figure attached to the wall doing a shoulder dance. For awhile it was going to be powered by a tape player motor. I tried making an armature…

  • Tickle Torture

    That is not the official title of this work, I just needed to call it something so this is the working title. This piece which is 4x12x2.5″ consists of pepper, a feather, a wooden encasement with a motor inside. I was thinking about sensations when I made this piece. Tickling, sneezing, flitting…

  • Monstrous Stories

    I like the way Annette Messager relates to memory of childhood. The desires and fears of children are so untainted that they seem like they would give us clues into the nature of things–of us. I saw a Messager on my trip to the Art Institute of Chicago and really liked it in person more…

  • Plugged

    I woke up one morning last week and thought “I need to put ear plugs into holes in the wall”. This rarely happens to me when I am making things. Ideas usually develop over long periods of time with extended trains of thought. It’s a very small, florescent orange piece. Kind of big and small…

  • loofah

  • Out of focus

    This summer has been a complete blur so far! Rob and I have been living out of our photography studio as we finish our basement apartment. We have been working very hard doing what we love to do: working with people and taking pictures. No complaints there…except that once again, art making has taken a…

  • Light Weight

    This is a new piece made from cut paper, strings and a motor.

  • Pieces with history

    Pull String or LightWeight (cut paper and sting) A sketch/piece with paneling fragments from our Holland home Inspired by my childhood play…a new way of working for me

  • New Image, Old Sculpture

    A new combination. Photo: 22×33 inches

  • Current W Magazine, Current Ideas

    These new images come from a desire to treat the women in the fashion magazines more as a portrait subject. The more I look into my interest in taking these images, the more I realize that I actually really love the imagery. I was talking a lot about light, disregard for fashion images by combining…