Casey Weldon

A Southern Gothic (2017)
porcelain, decals, dried hydrangeas
45 x 38 x 29 in.

My work explores history, folklore, and my own lived experience of growing up in the American South. Through ceramic sculpture, found objects, installations, and drawings, I grapple with the socially constructed dichotomies of life in America, such as: wild and domestic, church and state, masculine and feminine. Living in the space between dead and alive, right and wrong, animal and human, my work is empathetic and critical simultaneously. By continuing the history of story-telling through clay, I create non-linear narratives that titillate between beautiful and unsettling. My work tells the stories of animals, land, and humans alike: our struggles, histories, instincts, capacities to destroy one another, and the bonds created between us. (IL)

© Casey Weldon