Melissa Dean — Second Nature
December 5, 2008 - January 31, 2009
Rollback Savings for the Home, #2, 2008
inkjet print with enamel and varnish on masonite, 20" x 20"
There is a text by Marcuse which supposes that commodity culture creates "a second nature of man which ties him libidinally and aggressively to the commodity form." In this view, culture bleeds into nature, and we find ourselves afflicted with a biological need that has been constructed for us rather than wired into us. This body of work engages with these viral components of consumer desire through infectious patterns, indexical marks, and ghosted objects. In refashioning mass-produced materials, I seek to forge a space amid the overgrowth, a domesticated space in which one can assess and reflect on the informational glut of our commodified world.
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