Mandy Greer
For the May-June 2007 exhibition, Seattle artist Mandy Greer took over McLeod Residence’s Parlor with an intimate, pleasurable and over-saturated installation culled from her own work and the odd personal collectables and artifacts that have instigated it. Inspired by the domiciliary history of McLeod Residence, as well as her early childhood desire to possess the sorts of baubles she saw during family vacations to the mansions and museums of Washington DC, Parlor became a voyeuristic peek into the artist’s private world. Only, instead of Faberge and Tiffany trinkets, the viewer encounters thrift store and flea market finds. Amongst the collectibles were pieces of Greer’s own art—soft stuffed emulations of dead animals and gothic furniture. Greer stated that these childhood trips to embassies and mansions, and the lust to amass a lot of stuff that they spurred, have shaped the art she does today, so the viewer is offered a rare and thrilling chance to compare the artist’s work with her source material.
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