Lauren Siry’s current body of work Portrait of an Artist, from the Icarus Series investigates the constant mingling of contraries within oneself.
The myth of Icarus describes a young child escaping an enemy over a vast ocean with only a pair of wax wings fashioned from found scraps. If he nears the sun his wings will melt and if he approaches the waterline his wings will soak. The excitement of flight fills the boy and he accelerates until his wings can no longer bare the heat. Consumed by his own passion Icarus falls to his demise.
Alluding to Icarus, Siry examines the struggle of balance between passion and intellect, the feminine and masculine, control and chaos, and failure and success. The fate of Icarus illuminates the consequences of imbalance and the necessity of self-reflection.
For more information regarding available works please contact Lauren Siry at lsiry@1805gallery.com
Lauren Siry's Icarus sculpture was exhibited at the New Contemporaries VII exhibition at Meyer Fine Arts in 2014.
The San Diego Visual Arts Network presented Emerging Artists nominated for the San Diego Art Prize 2014.
Lauren Siry exhibited alongside Shane Anderson, Leonardo Francisco, Dave Ghilarducci, Garrett P. Goodwin, Emily Grenader, Bhavna Mehta, Margaret Noble, Kim Reasor ,Gail Schneider, Cheryl Tall, Vicki Walsh, and Joe Yorty.
Inspired by mapping systems, Siry explores the varying surfaces of San Diego’s vast oceanic and geographic landforms. Multi-layered pigments and contour line drawing define select sections of San Diego’s topography on the façade of abstracted organic forms.
Bathymetric Da Vinci, 2013. Watercolor and ink on paper. 24" x 36".
Bathymetric Da Vinci (detail), 2013. Watercolor and ink on paper, 24"x36".
Mussel Memory, 2013.Watercolor and ink on paper, 36"x24".