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Cancer Awareness Takes Shape
03.16.01by: Greg Goodfellow Modart.com Modart and riders from Boarding of Breast Cancer teamed up to present their art opening at New York City's Inhumane Shop, where a series of plaster breast molds, shaped on female volunteers and then customized by the artists that make up Modart's huge underground roster, were displayed in gallery format. Soon to be auctioned off, with proceeds directed toward breast cancer awareness, it was clear that not even the real things would have attracted the attention of SoHo pedestrians and artists the way these pieces did. The adaptive skill of this artistic group was instantly evident in the variety of ways that different artists tweaked a similar cause upon a common canvas. Some, such as Ed Templeton and Travis Millard, went straight to the point and tackled the sensitive issue of mastectomy by removing a breast from their molds. Others celebrated the youthful beauty of the female form; Lance Mountain's piece was centered by a huge shining sun, cheerful cartoon bunnies hopped around Andrew Pommier's piece. Others seemed unsatisfied with the simple addition of paint to plaster: nylon stockings filled with rock and sand drooped painfully from Amy Lee's breasts, a hand reached up toward Mikey Basich's piece to change the station on the AM/FM radio that his breasts had become. Whirligigs and Christmas lights adorned Jerm's piece. Emotion ranged from intense fear to the expression of survival against all odds, and social issues tackled ran the spread of religion to technology. Bid on a bust at Modart.com.
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