Artist Statement
Flannery Silva’s work flirts with crossed sentiments of desirability and control, the benign, erotic, and abject, reflecting an adoration of material and a rehearsed language of symbols. Silva takes already-extant cultural works and adapts these pieces of media into “cover” versions through mediums such as sculpture, digital-print collage, and sound composition. Silva’s work is often presented as an installation - with specific sound, lighting, and mechanical elements accompanying the sculptural and wall works. Through anthropomorphizing everyday apparatuses, and creating completely custom figurines, Silva explores themes of the female’s role in fairytales and pop culture, the brutality and beauty of nature, a young woman’s spirituality and desire, and the death of childhood.
