Lauren Clay
Stepped Passage, 3/4, 2023
marbled acrylic on cast hydrocal
22h x 14w in
LC047
Lauren Clay
Stepped Passage, 2/4, 2023
marbled acrylic on cast hydrocal
22h x 14w in
LC046
Lauren Clay
Stepped Passage, 1/4, 2023
marbled acrylic on cast hydrocal
22h x 14w in
LC045
Lauren Clay
Rippled Stair, 1/4, 2023
marbled acrylic on cast hydrocal
23h x 17.25w in
LC044
Lauren Clay
Twin Arches, 3/4, 2023
marbled acrylic on cast hydrocal
22h x 16.50w in
LC043
Lauren Clay
Twin Arches, 1/4, 2023
marbled acrylic on cast hydrocal
23h x 17.25w in
LC041
Lauren Clay
Elixer, 2022
oil, acrylic, paper pulp, polystyrene, on panel
35h x 22w x 2.50d in
LC027
Lauren Clay
Demi Telesterion, 2022
oil, acrylic, paper pulp, polystyrene, on panel
33h x 21w x 3d in
LC028
Lauren Clay
The White Door, 2023
colored pencil on archival paper
21h x 15w in
Framed: 24.50h x 19w in
LC048
Lauren Clay
Magonia and the Knotted Threshold, 2022
colored pencil on paper
21h x 15w in
LC029
Lauren Clay
Study for Knotted Wall with Steps and Arrowslit View, 2021
colored pencil on paper
15h x 11.50w in
LC031
Lauren Clay
Sentry, 2022
colored pencil on paper
21h x 15w in
LC030
Lauren Clay
Study for Blue Keyhole Gateway, 2021
colored pencil on paper
15h x 11.50w in
LC032
Lauren Clay
Study for Saint Barbara, 2021
colored pencil on paper
15h x 11.25w in
LC033
Lauren Clay’s installations and sculptures allude to the ethereal architecture of dreams, visionary experiences, and astral travel. Influenced by both personal and collective dream imagery, Clay transforms this amorphous subject matter into a physical reality that is ornate and visceral. Her wall-based sculptures compress and distort space with low-relief architectural carvings, and hand-painted marble. Stairs, doorways, windows, and energetic pathways intertwine, alluding to passageways that are never quite attainable. Clay’s sculptural works are often exhibited within immersive mural-sized wallpaper installations which manipulate and play with the existing gallery architecture, creating additional layers of illusion. At this hypnagogic gateway, the viewer slips into the indeterminate theater of the dream world. These works are an invitation for the viewer to enter, and complete the scene by turning the gaze inward with their own mind’s eye.
Lauren Clay grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Clay’s work is influenced by her interests in dream analysis, Jungian psychology, esoteric texts, mythology, yoga, and architecture.
Lauren Clay
Threshold Drawings
May 20 - June 17, 2023
Lauren Clay
Threshold Drawings
May 20 - June 17, 2023
Lauren Clay
Threshold Drawings
May 20 - June 17, 2023
Lauren Clay
Threshold Drawings
May 20 - June 17, 2023
Lauren Clay
Threshold Drawings
May 20 - June 17, 2023
Lauren Clay
Threshold Drawings
May 20 - June 17, 2023
Lauren Clay
Threshold Drawings
May 20 - June 17, 2023
Lauren Clay
Threshold Drawings
May 20 - June 17, 2023
Lauren Clay
Threshold Drawings
May 20 - June 17, 2023
Tales from the Viewing Room: Lauren Clay | While Sleeping, Watch
Cris Worley Fine Arts
2.15.22 - 5.2.22
Tales from the Viewing Room: Lauren Clay | While Sleeping, Watch
Cris Worley Fine Arts
2.15.22 - 5.2.22
Tales from the Viewing Room: Lauren Clay | While Sleeping, Watch
Cris Worley Fine Arts
2.15.22 - 5.2.22
Tales from the Viewing Room: Lauren Clay | While Sleeping, Watch
Cris Worley Fine Arts
2.15.22 - 5.2.22
Tales from the Viewing Room: Lauren Clay | While Sleeping, Watch
Cris Worley Fine Arts
2.15.22 - 5.2.22
Tales from the Viewing Room: Lauren Clay | While Sleeping, Watch
Cris Worley Fine Arts
2.15.22 - 5.2.22
Lauren Clay & Cris Worley discuss the artist's solo exhibition, While Sleeping, Watch, on view at CWFA February 15 - April 4, 2020.
