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Lisa Clague: A Possibility of Being
They always left some space.
And in that clear unpeopled space they saved
it lightly reared its head, with scarce a trace
of not being there.
They fed it, not with corn,
but only with the possibility
of being. And that was able to confer
such strength, its brow put forth a horn.
~ This Is The Creature (an excerpt), Rainer Maria Rilke
Lisa Clague’s surreal and fabulous figures, with their chalk-white bodies, animal masks, and often bizarre accoutrements, like the fairy tales, myths, and dreams from which they stem, inspire wonder, curiosity, and sometimes fear.
Clague uses art to investigate both her inner and outer life, and in so doing, creates a space for increased self-knowledge and transformation. Her hybrid figures sport masks, beaks, horns, caps, and animal heads, as they narrate stories of shape shifting, transference of power, and possibilities of being.
Clague draws inspiration from prehistoric goddess figu