Melanie O’Rourke
b. 1978, Ireland
My work is deeply rooted in the whole notion of identity, how we mould ourselves on who and what we see around us. I am interested in how social conditioning results in the formation of archetypes, which we strive for often without allowing for any incongruous encounters along the way. I consider my work to be a construct of what I observe, being a woman living in a climate saturated by mass media and consumerism.
(Text: on the border of each other catalogue, 2003)
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