" Bound Angel," 2021 , found figurines, lamps, candles, string & rope, wedding gowns as tablecloth, extension cords, oval table 192 x 68 x 66 ins.
"Bound Angel," 2021 , found figurines, lamps, candles, string & rope, wedding gowns as tablecloth, extension cords, oval table 192 x 68 x 66 ins.
" Bound Angel," 2021 (detail)
"Bound Angel," 2021 , found figurines, lamps, candles, string & rope, wedding gowns as tablecloth, extension cords, oval table 192 x 68 x 66 ins.
"Bound Angel," 2021 (detail)
"Bound Angel," 2021 (detail)
Bound Angel is a sculpture made up of found figurines that are in the form of women or women’s body parts, presented on a large oval table. Many of the objects depict women as angels and have been bound with rope or string to emphasize societal constants on women that are “hidden” in plain sight. This piece is one in a series of works that explore how femininity and the female body are portrayed in our culture.
Bound Angel reviles the insatiable, consumerist, sexist, and repressive value systems which degrade society. By bringing these objects together, this piece harnesses their collective power, transforming their original function to pacify, sexualize, and infantilize women into one of retaliation, confrontation, and strength.
"today will be AWESOME," 2022, found pink objects, pink synthetic fabric & cloths, mannequin, salvaged round bar table and a deconstructed secretary desk/cabinet, 70in high 64in wide x 88in deep
"today will be AWESOME," 2022 (detail)
"today will be AWESOME," 2022 (detail)
"today will be AWESOME," 2022 (detail)
"today will be AWESOME," 2022 (detail)
"today will be AWESOME," 2022 (detail)
"today will be AWESOME," 2022 (detail)
today will be AWESOME, 2022, includes the top half of a headless pink mannequin, arms folded to the hip in a power stance and wearing pink elbow pads, back-pack, a large ribbon with the words FEMINIST printed on it, and a pink plastic pearl necklace. Thousands of amassed pink objects produced to appeal to women and girls including figurines, dolls, beauty products, fake hair, fake flowers, dresses, bras, tiaras, evening gloves, jewelry, awards, and more form the figure’s large hoop skirt, opened at the front to reveal everything she has to offer. At her base is a sign, made for a woman’s desk, stating “Today Will be Awesome.” In front of the sign lies a curled-up figurine on its side, her hands pressing against her pelvis in the fetal position. While the individual objects in today will be AWESOME, 2022, were manufactured to sell confidence, positivity, and success to young women, Munson’s accumulation of them exposes their suffocation, violence, and victimization.
"Serving Tray #6," 2022, found figurines, string, rope, serving tray 17 1⁄2 x 29 x 18 ins.
"Serving Tray #6," 2022 (detail)
"Serving Tray #8," 2022, found glass angel candlestick holders, candles, serving tray, 14 x 25.25 x 17.25 ins.
"Serving Tray #7," 2022, found figurines, string, rope, serving tray 24 1⁄2 x 16 x 16 ins.
"Serving Tray #7," 2022 (detail)
"Serving Tray #10," 2022, found figurines, string, rope, serving tray 18 x 14 1⁄4 x 11 1⁄4 ins.
"Serving Tray #10," 2022 (detail)
"Serving Tray #4," 2022, found figurines, string, rope, serving tray 14 x 25 x 16 ins.
"Serving Tray #5," 2022, found figurines, string, rope, serving tray
"Serving Tray #5," 2022 (detail)
The Serving Tray series, made up of found ceramic and glass figurines tied up with string and amassed on elegant silver serving platters, act as sacrificial martyrs, inviting the contemplation of what we are being fed as a culture and who ultimately pays for it.
"Nude," 2022, found figurines, pantyhose, mannequin, pedestal, 82in high × 44in across
"Nude," 2022 (detail)
In Nude, 2022, a sexualized but armless and legless female mannequin's body is smothered with kitsch figurines of women that are bound to each other with pantyhose, contemplating commodified ideas of female beauty and objectification.
"Nude II," 2022 Mannequin on stand bound by hosiery and objects trapped inside stockings, 79 1⁄2 x 44 x 44 in
"Nude II," 2022 (detail)
"Nude II," 2022 (detail)
In Nude II, 2023, a sexualized female mannequin's body in a power stance is smothered with kitsch mugs shaped like breasts and butts that are bound to each other with pantyhose, showing the degradation of the female body through usable functional objects.
"Nightstand," found figurines, lamps, string & rope, bedside table, 51.5in high x 34in wide x 28in deep, 2021
"Nightstand," found figurines, lamps, string & rope, bedside table, 51.5in high x 34in wide x 28in deep, 2021
Nightstand is made up of found figurines and lamps made in the form of women. The objects are bound together with string, rope and the lamps electrical cords and arranged on a small bedside table and in its drawers. This is another sculpture in a series of works that explore how femininity and the female body are portrayed in our culture.
"Her Coffin," found pink plastic objects, tempered glass and pedestal, 14.5in high x 70in wide x 22.5in deep (glass box), 2016
Her Coffin is made up of small pink plastic disposable objects arranged in graduated shades of pink and encased in a glass box. This piece is about the marketing of femininity and the toxicity of plastic and its impact on our bodies. Her Coffin is a sealed time capsule.
"Functional Women," (front view) found utilitarian objects in the form of women or women’s body parts, dresser, fabric and table, 70in high x 62in wide x 80in deep, 2016.
"Functional Women," (front view), found utilitarian objects in the form of women or women’s body parts, dresser, fabric and table, 70in high x 62in wide x 80in deep, 2016.
"Functional Women," (front view), found utilitarian objects in the form of women or women’s body parts, dresser, fabric and table, 70in high x 62in wide x 80in deep, 2016.
This sculpture is made up of found objects that are functional and in the form of women or women’s body parts. These objects are assembled together to form the shape of a woman, investigating the ways femininity is portrayed.
"Blue Vanity," 2022, found blue plastic detritus and figurines, fabric, fake hair extensions, and vanity, 8 (high) x 9 (wide) x 6 (deep) ft.
"Blue Vanity" (detail)
"Blue Vanity" (detail)
"Blue Vanity" (detail)
"Blue Vanity" (detail)
"Blue Vanity," (installation view), 2022, found blue plastic detritus and figurines, fabric, fake hair extensions, and vanity, 8 (high) x 9 (wide) x 6 (deep) ft.
Blue Vanity considers the themes associated with blue objects that connect to femininity, often being: Princesses, Virgin Mary’s and mermaids. combined with blue trash from products marketing cleanliness and water.
"Pink Project: Table," 1994-2016, Found pink plastic objects and table , 30in high x 8ft wide x 14ft long (table)
"Pink Project: Table," (detail)
"Pink Project: Table," (detail)
"Pink Project: Table," (detail)
Pink Project: Table is made up of thousands of discarded products all produced in the color pink and carefully arranged on a large skirted table. This piece investigates female identity and sexuality as seen or dictated through ephemeral consumer commodities. Exhibited; Frieze London 2016
"Future Fossils (green)," 2018, found green plastic objects arranged in a tabletop display case, 36in high x 47.5in wide x 62.5in long
"Future Fossils (green)", installation view
Future Fossils (blue), 2018, found blue plastic objects arranged in a tabletop display case, 32in high x 40in wide x 79in long.
Future Fossils is a collection of found green or blue plastic objects arranged in a tabletop display case, presented like specimens in a natural history museum.