{"id":66355,"date":"2018-06-13T15:46:43","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T13:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=66355"},"modified":"2018-06-13T15:46:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T13:46:43","slug":"prue-stent-honey-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/prue-stent-honey-long\/","title":{"rendered":"The Surreal and Sensual World of Prue Stent and Honey Long"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nIf you don\u2019t know Prue Stent and Honey Long by name, chances are you\u2019ll recognise their distinct imagery that abstracts and conceals aspects of women\u2019s bodies using an endless array of material and contorted close-ups to examine how the female body can be a strange place to occupy at times. Prolific on Instagram<\/a>, and recently named on Forbes Asia\u2019s prestigious \u201c30 Under 30\u201d talent list for 2018, the Melbourne-based creative duo are flourishing in an art world where such partnerships are otherwise few and far between.
\nNow both 24, the pair met when they were just 14 years old, and established their creative partnership early on. \u201cOur artistic practice evolved very naturally,\u201d Long and Stent say. Their unique creative process is one the duo describe as \u201cliberating\u201d, owing to their differing artistic backgrounds, Long in sculpture and Stent in photography. \u201cWe have a complementary dynamic which allows us to let go of overly controlling the outcome, trusting that the parts will fit together.\u201d
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\nWhile at first glance their work seems irrefutably photographic, Long and Stent describe their practice as multidisciplinary, a fact which becomes evident through their subversive performative and sculptural compositions. \u201cOur process starts with the construction of sculptural elements, which are then brought into an environment or landscape,\u201d they explain. \u201cFrom there we take a very performative approach when interacting with the materials.\u201d Photography is the final part of the equation, the duo\u2019s preferred medium for exhibition, and a way of documenting the entire process. The result is a moreish aesthetic signature, which has earned the creative partners a global following.\n<\/div>\n
\nForged by the interplay between nature, setting and the portrayal of the body, there\u2019s something natural yet jarring about their compositions. This distinct representation of form and landscape is their trademark, and was born from the artists\u2019 frustration with reductive binaries and classifications. \u201cThere are so many fantasies that have been projected onto our bodies by patriarchal culture that work to both isolate us from and associate us with the natural world,\u201d they explain. By viewing the body as matter, Long and Stent recognise it \u201cnot as the sum of our identity, but rather a vehicle through which we can engage with the greater fabric of life.\u201d It\u2019s a concept which seamlessly translates into striking visuals, and demonstrates a rare sensitivity to the experience of living in a body for people who self-identify as women.
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\nFocussing exclusively on the body, the female figures in Stent and Long\u2019s work often have their faces obscured \u2013 a decision that eschews certain norms in the portrayal of women. \u201cWe found it a lot more interesting and liberating to use the body in this way,\u201d say the duo. \u201cFemale identity shouldn\u2019t be tied to anatomy, but the body is a wonder in itself to be experienced and celebrated.\u201d It\u2019s often Stent and Long\u2019s own bodies that feature as the subject of their disruptive images. \u201cSo much of the work springs from our own desire for bodily engagement,\u201d they explain, \u201cand so we do tend to use ourselves a lot. We\u2019ve put our bodies in some pretty bizarre situations that we wouldn\u2019t necessarily feel comfortable making other people do.\u201d Rolling around in algae-filled mud pits and lying still under a rice paper membrane while being attacked by ants are just two situations that attest to suffering for their art. \u201cBut it\u2019s also a weirdly satisfying part of the process,\u201d they assert.<\/p>\n
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\nWith a bunch of underwrap projects on the horizon and the recent opening of the highly anticipated Phanta Firma<\/em> at their representing gallery Arc One, Stent and Long have no desire to slow down. And despite their success, the pair refuse to calm their experimental approach, instead embracing the trial-and-error nature of their fruitful partnership. \u201cThe best art comes from a relationship and its unexpected outcomes, not trying to be the master of your work.\u201d
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\nPhanta Firma is on show at Arc One<\/a> until 23 June.<\/em><\/strong> \n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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