October 2013

WHOLEISM: parts & holes

All holes plead obscurely to be filled. They are appeals to the triumph of the full over the empty, of existence over nothingness. Lauren Frances Moore Evans’ work is influenced by an existential understanding of holes, which is rooted in an ontological (and thus pre-sexual) desire to fill voids. The physical finds its parallel in the spiritual: the body functions as a microcosm, continually giving glimpses into the beyond. Flesh acts as a tangible metaphor – at once a barrier and a carrier of matter and meaning.

Lauren Frances Moore Evans lives and works in College Park, MD where she is in her final year of the University of Maryland’s MFA program. She is a graduate of the Honors College at the College of Charleston, SC and has participated in residencies at Franconia Sculpture Park, in Schafer, MN, Elsewhere Living Museum, in Greensboro, NC, and the Vermont Studio Center, in Johnson, VT.

Visit Kelley’s website at www.laurenfrancesevans.com.