Uncategorized – Emilie Louise Gossiaux

E.L.G. Familial Archives (Outerspace)

Installation view, In Practice: Total Disbelief, SculptureCenter, New York, 2020. Photos by Kyle Knodell.

Installation view at the SculptureCenter. There is a long table covered in beige foam. Ontop lies various body parts made of painted ceramic. Arms, legs, torsos, chests, many of which also have tattoos carved into them in black. The walls of the room are bare white, except for two color drawings of some of the body parts on the table.

Detail view. Painted ceramic body parts from above, in detail. Some of the body parts include an arm, a breast, a chest, a shoulder, an ear. Some of the tattoos include a rose, smiley faces, a cross, a chili pepper, a swirl shape, a cat face, and the initials E.L.G.

Memory of a Body

Installation view, Memory of a Body, Yale Sculpture MFA Thesis Exhibition, New Haven, 2019. Photos by Minh Bui.

Installation view of a pristine whitewall gallery space. A large cobalt blue wedge made of fabric and foam in the middle of the gallery. Sculptures of body parts are installed sparsely on the walls and placed on the floor.

Closeup of a ceramic human foot sitting on the floor. The foot is cut at the ankle revealing a black foam interior core. A white cylindrical pipe emerges from the core like a bone into the air. A smiley face is etched into ankle of the foot like a tattoo.

A closeup of a ceramic sculpture of a forearm, mounted directly on the wall with a white metal armature. The arm is cut at the wrist and the bicep, revealing a black foam interior core. The letters E.L.G. are etched into the upper arm like a tattoo.

A closeup of a freestanding purple foam shape resembling a dress from the backside. The dress is supported by a tree-stand black metal frame.

A closeup of a freestanding purple foam shape resembling a dress. The dress is supported by a tree-stand black metal frame. A large blue fabric and foam wedge is visible in the background.

Two small white papier mache figures on a pedestal, facing each other. A female figure lies on her stomach while a male figure lies on his side.

A ceramic sculpture of a square-shaped excision of an ankle. A smiley face is etched into the ankle like a tattoo. The excision is installed on the wall very close to the floor. It protrudes outward from the wall by a square piece of black foam.

Dancing with London and Looking at the Sun with Your Eyes Closed

Installation view, Dancing with London and Looking at the Sun with Your Eyes Closed, Yale, New Haven, 2018. Photos by Kanthy Peng.

After Image

Installation view, After Image, False Flag, New York, 2018. Photos by Mark Waldhauser.

It’s Alright Florence I’m Only Dreaming

For Jack (Titanic)

Installation view, For Jack (Titanic), Yale, New Haven, 2017. Photos by Dannielle Bowman.

Dis

Installation view, Dis, Dedalus Foundation, Brooklyn, NY, 2017.

Lemon Gloves
2017
Materials: Glazed earthenware, acrylic
Dimensions: (altogether) 23.5 x 47.5 in

My Peach
2017
Materials: Glazed earthenware, acrylic
Dimensions: (altogether) 20 x 13 x 6 in

Tandem
2017
Materials: Earthenware, acrylic, epoxy resin
Dimensions: 80 x 40 x 10 in

Work 2016–2017

Boca
2016
Materials: stoneware, concrete, papier-mâché

Bust of a Watermelon
2017
Materials: Earthenware, wood, metal hardware
Dimensions: 64 x 20 x 20 in

Cantaloupes
2017
Materials: Earthenware, acrylic
Dimensions: Dimensions vary

Brooklyn
2017
Materials: Terra-cotta, paper mache, acrylic, plaster
Dimensions: 50 x 12 x 12 in

Unfixtures

2016
Partner exhibition with Nathan Abbe
Materials: plaster, wax, heat lamps

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INFJ / ENTP

Installation view, INFJ/ENTP, Cooper Union BFA Thesis Exhibition, New York, 2014. Photos by Minh Bui.
Materials: ceramic, wood, papier-mâché, plaster, steel, foam, wax.

Spaghetti Night

2014
Spaghetti is served in 110 handmade ceramic bowls with 130 laser-cut wooden forks. Performers wash the dishware in ceramic water basins and restack for reuse

Performers: Lydia Dresser, Emilie Gossiaux, Emmanuela Soria Ruiz, Alex Velozo

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Work 2012–2013

Still Life Reliefs
2013
Materials: ceramic, glaze

2 Chalices
2013
Materials: ceramic, grog

Bird Sitting
2013
Materials: ceramic, plaster, foam

Bird 1 Bird 2
2012
Materials: ceramic, wood

Work 2010

Three Graces
2010
Materials: papier-mâché, steel, epoxy resin