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'rapunzel!' -- gelatin, glycerin, fluoropolymer, polyester resin, aluminium filament -- 84” x 25” x 9” ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________The ghostly white of a bleached sea anemone, the elegant legs of a house centipede, and the luscious locks of a blond bombshell – these are things of disturbing beauty. 'rapunzel!', with its seductive shimmer, explores the ease at which beauty can exist alongside and obscure troubling realities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/6ba64dde-fcd4-474b-ad4d-e9d77edf7a49/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Strangers_07.jpg rapunzel! https://www.brendanoshaughnessy.studio/implant-bloom-jelly-ridge daily 0.75 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/01839ab9-73d6-43b1-bbd0-5bba2975c897/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Strangers_09.jpg implant bloom / jelly ridge 'implant bloom / jelly ridge' -- gelatin, glycerin, water, soy wax, satin, steel -- 96” x 22” x 5” ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 'implant bloom / jelly ridge' evokes an elaborate tablescape, a conveyor belt, a mammary ridge of breast implants, and a synchronized swarm of beached jellyfish. The sculpture draws a humorous visual connection between silicone breast implants and beached jellyfish, calling attention to their simultaneous global surge. Although jellyfish blooms radiate with a gelatinous glimmer, they are the harbinger of dying oceans. At what point do these blooms become artificial -- a manufactured product of human intervention with Earth’s biogeochemical cycles? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/aa320317-ec3e-4187-8bdd-81bc7b20d9b8/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Strangers_10.jpeg implant bloom / jelly ridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/caa20ce8-7616-426a-ad51-51aa66bf8b78/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Strangers_04.jpg implant bloom / jelly ridge https://www.brendanoshaughnessy.studio/we-have-never-been-strangers daily 0.75 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/a724297f-538d-4021-9a0c-5e2eb3535329/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Strangers_01.jpg We Have Never Been Strangers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/9c8c81ff-d3bd-4c0a-a3df-d128103ac534/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Strangers_02_.jpg We Have Never Been Strangers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/46240351-12e3-4cfc-8171-38caafa3d1fe/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Strangers_03.jpg We Have Never Been Strangers 'We Have Never Been Strangers', 2024 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ My MFA exhibition, 'We Have Never Been Strangers', investigates the unsettling ecologies that have emerged from the colonial desire for domination over ‘nature’ and the capitalist pursuit of beauty. Seven bodily sculptures are featured, collectively forming an uncanny, mechanized ecosystem. These works reflect our multifaceted concept of body as it relates to technology and species. https://www.brendanoshaughnessy.studio/host daily 0.75 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/6a332743-2e2c-49ee-b38d-8f80df3507bb/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Strangers_12.jpg host https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/166df20c-0165-4713-9d4a-3bc4e2e65cda/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Strangers_11.jpg host 'host' -- faux fur, polyester resin, silicone nipples, vinyl tubes, satin, steel, glass, water, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, organic cane sugar -- 128” x 15” x 23” __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ With its strange, phallic form and its slicked back hair, 'host' is a captive organism being harvested for its fluid. On each end of the creaturely form, a catheter is inserted into an orifice, oozing thick pearlescent fluid into a shallow glass basin. Using the silicone nipples attached to the pair of catheters, this fluid can be extracted through sucking and pumping. This provocative act is encouraged by the presence of satin kneelers and steel holders, as well as a pleated satin sleeve, which evokes the frivolous, yet functional paper manchettes that adorn crown roasts. Together, these elements infuse a sense of refinement and ritual, a balance between purity and profanity. 'host' questions the increasingly mechanized exploitation of nonhuman life that has transformed humans into parasites. https://www.brendanoshaughnessy.studio/exuviae-gown daily 0.75 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/ec691ef1-edc3-433f-baeb-ff01b2da6932/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Strangers_17.jpg exuviae / gown 'exuviae / gown' -- gelatin, glycerin -- 108” x 34” x 18” ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 'exuviae / gown' drapes as if it were a sumptuous garment and a cast-off skin. Who or what is this garment for? What is this exuviae, or sloughed skin, a remnant of? This speculative sculpture prompts viewers to imagine the soft, naked, and slightly swollen body that has freshly emerged. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/64b32906-899a-4682-b071-357a4a896b44/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Strangers_18.jpg exuviae / gown https://www.brendanoshaughnessy.studio/untitled daily 0.75 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/59bc4a48-4d44-4476-bb74-77ca42caf629/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Strangers_14.jpg untitled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/db9fce73-4dc1-4e8a-bdea-0f756f325c30/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Strangers_15.jpeg untitled 'untitled' -- intestinal submucosa, gelatin, pearls, breath -- 57” x 6” x 5” ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 'untitled' hangs as if it were the biohazardous remains of an industrial process. Dripping in gelatin coated pearls, the work shines with a creaturely opulence triggered through the secretion of mucus. https://www.brendanoshaughnessy.studio/microorganism daily 0.75 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/9973e870-e33e-4d48-addf-a48bd6208a7f/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Microorganism_01.jpg microorganism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/ed414815-8062-443d-becb-11b8f5c433d3/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Microorganism_02.jpg microorganism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/7b99cdc2-9c3c-4793-ad2b-ca50ee969bb0/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Microorganism_03.jpg microorganism 'microorganism' -- yarn, fabric, fiberfill -- 108" x 54" x 24" -- 2021 https://www.brendanoshaughnessy.studio/fruiting-bodies daily 0.75 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/0980db8f-e684-4731-a5a5-e491c0db4652/B.O%27Shaughnessy_FruitingBodies_01.jpg fruiting bodies 'fruiting bodies' -- yarn, fabric, fiberfill -- 96" x 36" x 24" -- 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/f7b4c68f-8ce0-4cb0-aa49-39bbf9542962/B.O%27Shaughnessy_FruitingBodies_02.jpg fruiting bodies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/aae4fa65-e1e5-4a8a-9659-bfa198940ad5/B.O%27Shaughnessy_FruitingBodies_03.jpg fruiting bodies https://www.brendanoshaughnessy.studio/grotesque daily 0.75 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/ae70fcdf-25d2-4ff0-99a2-9feb2c90090d/B.O%27Shaughnessy_grotesque_01.jpg grotesque https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/739e9783-164f-495c-a89b-46ff59fc97d3/B.O%27Shaughnessy_grotesque_03.jpg grotesque 'grotesque' -- fabric, fiberfill, mixed media -- 84" x 36" x 24" -- 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/5ec69cc2-489f-4fd6-93bf-d6778ad219cd/B.O%27Shaughnessy_grotesque_02.jpg grotesque https://www.brendanoshaughnessy.studio/colony daily 0.75 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/333e8b20-293f-44e3-849d-1d1762b230e4/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Colony_02.jpg colony 'colony' -- hand-dyed secondhand yarn -- 36" x 36" -- 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/9b0bdb4a-3d5c-4942-b19b-5313cad465a3/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Colony_01.jpg colony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/fc15af3a-b96b-418a-9f9d-626a4bf24385/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Colony_03.jpg colony https://www.brendanoshaughnessy.studio/curriculum-vitae daily 0.75 2025-10-10 https://www.brendanoshaughnessy.studio/squiggle daily 0.75 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/081f6c71-e75b-4491-b3cb-5e042ba3c4c9/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Strangers_13.jpg squiggle 'squiggle' -- intestinal submucosa -- 11” x 6” https://www.brendanoshaughnessy.studio/chevalatte-nautilus daily 0.75 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/efe15f33-e79a-42bf-acb6-cb9a18d631b5/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Strangers_16.jpg chevalatte nautilus 'chevalatte nautilus' -- intestinal submucosa, gelatin, breath -- 9” x 9” x 1” https://www.brendanoshaughnessy.studio/posthuman daily 0.75 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/47a4a97a-9ebb-4fc4-a518-cafe9af8a40b/B.O%27Shaughnessy_Posthuman_01.jpg posthuman 'posthuman' -- paper mache, yarn, fabric, fiberfill -- 72" x 45" x 36" -- 2020 https://www.brendanoshaughnessy.studio/salmonid-quilt daily 0.75 2026-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/570adcfe-7cb5-4e77-ac49-9eace91af93b/O%27Shaughnessy_1.jpg salmonid quilt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/2a3c312c-8f22-41f7-89d7-fdfe27c0bdf5/O%27Shaughnessy_4.jpg salmonid quilt 'salmonid quilt' -- salmonid leather, preserved salmon roe, steel, embroidery floss, synthetic hair -- 66” x 12” x 9” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/a2495164-d0da-4eec-adf3-eab03beddcd2/O%27Shaughnessy_2.jpg salmonid quilt https://www.brendanoshaughnessy.studio/octagram daily 0.75 2026-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/73352424-e251-4d1f-827f-054084a65ccb/octagram_1.jpg octagram https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667886624a1d1858299178f7/cd85929a-ccfd-4dbe-8cf0-5798a85902a5/octagram_2.jpg octagram 'octagram' -- sea lamprey leather, mahogany, preserved salmon roe, salmon leather, steel, embroidery floss -- 108” x 38” x 38”