Abigail Deville
Bronx, NYC
Artist's Statement
Abigail DeVille’s practice is formally accumulative, occupying a space between the claustrophobia of the urban environment and the expansiveness of the universe. DeVille cultivates awareness of material culture through the collection of its discarded remnants. DeVille creates lush, textured environments that occupy a space between the claustrophobia of the urban environment and the expansiveness of the universe. Utilizing a site-responsive technique, DeVille cultivates an awareness of material culture through the collection of its discarded remnants. The artist states: Through the poetry of everyday experience and American history I create black hole room-sized sculptures that speak to different strands in American society’s material culture. Black holes are containers that are laden with forgotten information, the absence of light, power, knowledge and the harbinger of historical inaccuracies. I use celestial forms to think about our place in history, that links us to the beginning of time. Garbage contains the material history of the present and links to the past.