Futurist Sculptor Elaine Cameron-Weir Joins Lisson Gallery
New York-based sculptor Elaine Cameron-Weir, whose work draws from science fiction, knowledge systems, and the occult, joins Lisson Gallery. Her forthcoming exhibition revisits the biblical apocalypse.
Elaine Cameron-Weir, pupil of couture / 4horsemen hairshirt (SS 2024 apocalypse collection) (2024). Stainless steel, horse leather trench coats, cow leather, studs, hardware, sand. © Elaine Cameron-Weir.
Lisson Gallery announced its representation of New York-based artist Elaine Cameron-Weir this week, along with news that her first exhibition will be held at the gallery's New York location in March 2024.
Cameron-Weir, who recently completed an installation commissioned for luxury brand Celine's Miami store, will continue to be represented by her current gallery, Hannah Hoffman, in Los Angeles.
Cameron-Weir is best known for installations and sculptures informed by the array of systems and structures that humans have created to deal with the unknown. The artist's installations often combine found fragments repurposed from scientific, medical, military or faith-giving fields using techniques from enamelling to leather tooling.
Among the central motifs in her first exhibition at Lisson Gallery are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, who foretell the end of days according to the Book of Revelation. The show will incorporate linked horseshoes forming a giant, snake-like structure through the gallery. Cameron-Weir's sculptures often form uncanny mirror images through symmetrical details that emphasise the dualistic nature of any narrative or narrator.
Born in Canada in 1985, Cameron-Weir has shown work at SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah (2022); Storm King Art Center, New Windsor (2018); and the New Museum, New York (2017). Her work was included in the 59th Venice Biennale (2022) and the Belgrade Biennale (2021).
