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c-print 27 ½ x 19 ½ in |
Possessions, however desired or useful, can become a burden over time. Yet, they also become a very real part of who we are and the lives we build for ourselves. Melanie Bonajo explores our relationships with material objects and the role they play in our creation of ‘self.’ The series Furniture Bondage speaks to the need for a perfect harmony with the world around us. The result is a new living form, a fusion of the human body with its external trappings.
Melanie Bonajo was born in Heerlen, Netherlands, and studied photography and fine arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Her photographs have been exhibited at the SMBA/ Stedelijk Museum and Galerie Fons Welters in Amsterdam, and at numerous other international galleries and institutions. Bonajo is represented by PPOW Gallery in New York. She divides her time between Amsterdam and Berlin.
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