A Bite,
2021, 2022
Chicken wire, wire, cuttlery
(6-7 feet) x 2 feet
(183-213cm) x 60 cm
Natalie Rock
Bio: b. 1999 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Currently resides in Brooklyn, New York
2022 BFA New York University
Natalie Rock is a Brooklyn-based mixed media sculptor and installation artist whose work examines the intersections between the body, relationships, and space. Rock’s work invited viewers to contemplate the complex interplay between the internal landscape of the body and the external world. Rock delves into the dichotomy between the tangible and intangible, the physical and metaphysical, and the personal and collective realms of human existence. She explores our bodies as homes, how we treat that home, observing our own internal/external bodies function from a bird's eye view.
She employs a diverse range of found materials, ceramics, glass, wood, and metal. Rock meticulously crafts sculptures that probe the female gendered body's position in the contemporary world in relation to domesticity and sexism. By refraining from assigning specific identities to her creations, Rock's art invites viewers to engage in a personal and introspective dialogue. Her sculptures and installations weave together themes of relationships, intimacy, body-image, gender roles, sexism, and abuse. By using found materials with rich histories, Rock infuses her work with layers of meaning and challenges expectations, transforming materials in ways that prompt viewers to reflect on their significance in new and unexpected contexts. From her childhood fascination with sculpting beauty from found, unexpected items that could be considered “trash” to her current exploration of unconventional materials, Rock remains dedicated to defying expectations and presenting materials in fresh, thought-provoking contexts. Rock's journey as an artist is a testament to her, fostering dialogue, and contributing to the evolving narrative of the gendered body in contemporary society
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