Sandy Skoglund

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Born September 11, 1946 Weymouth,MAMiddle Class

Father owned gas station, hurt back

Shell Oil corporation Cape Elizabeth, Los Angels, Deer Born, HoustonConstant rejuvenation

Smith College 1964-68; University of Iowa 1969-72

Degrees in Painting & Studio ArtMoved to Soho, NY

Hangers, 1979Medium: plastic hangers, painted room, props, live model

Cookies on a Plate, 1978Medium: Store-bought cookies, paper plate, and decorative kitchen shelf paper.

Art is not about making sense. When it sounds like I am making sense, and talking about my

work, it is all hindsight; and it’s all kind of another person from a person who was there

making the work at the time.

Radioactive Cats, 1980Medium: sculpted plaster cats, furniture, painted room, live models

Maybe Babies, 1983Medium: Black Aquarium sand  sculpted babies painted antennae

Revenge of the Goldfish, 1981 Medium: ceramic goldfish, painted set, live model

Germs Are Everywhere, 1984 Medium: plastic plants, chewed gum wads, painted room, live model

Fox Games, 1989Medium: Sculpted epoxy resin foxes and live models

Picnic on Wine, 2003Medium: 4k wine glasses filled with red liquid, artificial grass-covered sculptures, live models

Walking on Eggshells 1997Medium: eggshells on floor; wall tiles of handcast paper; sink, tub, and toilet of cast paper with sculpted epoxy resin snakes and rabbits, and live models

Sandy Skoglund introduced new ideas in creative photography. She used unusual contrasting colors that complimented one another. She set up sets

that would take a long time to build and she would then take the photo. The amount of time

she put into each photo was remarkable, and set a standard for studio artists that remains today.

She would spend months on each set, which shows her devotion to her work.

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The Cocktail Party, 1992Live models with furniture and sculpted figures coated with cheese doodles.Floor and wall panels coated with cheese doodles

Breathing Glass, 2000Medium: Sculpted figures covered in glass mosaic, mechanical floor panels of glass mosaic and moving miniature figures, mechanical wall panels of handcrafted lamp-worked dragonflies, and live models

Raining Popcorn, 2001Medium: sculpted figures coated with popcorn, mechanical wall panels of popcorn and tree branches, live models

Atomic Love, 1992Medium: sculpted figures, furniture, walls, and floor covered in raisins from Chile

Spirituality in the Flesh, 1992Medium: raw hamburger meat, blue dress, blonde wig

Body Limits, 1992Medium: walls, floor, sculpted figures, and furniture coated with bacon