Lynne Mayocole

STATEMENT

The tragedy of our current time took over, lurking in every corner of my studio, demanding expression, inevitably altering the original exhibition theme I expected to be working from. I do not see Remember the Gone as a response to personal tragedy; rather a response to the events of the world around us, that are affecting all of us and changingour lives without regard for personal divisions.

Remember the Gone consists of a series of ceramic forms, paintings on board, and drawings that calls tothemes of mortality. Mayocole found herself meditating on current events, the calamity that we are all facing, togetheror apart.

Distorted, ghostly humanoid masks and faces are presented, with empty eye sockets and grimacing mouths,both toothless and not, expressively revealing the interior of the mouth, of the head; the seat of consciousness, ofbodily animation.

The muted baseboard decoration complements the somber, earth-colored ceramics, the black, red, and white paintings. All feature leering, skull-like faces that call to each other across dimensions.

They form a chorus with the drawing of a ventilator in an empty room, a helplessly eloquent image thatreminds us of our responsibility as witnesses to life, to mourn the dead.

Lynne Mayocole is a sculptor currently residing in Manhattan. Born into a family of artists, the daughter of a sculptor who studied with Archipenko and a violinist who toured Europe before the Second World War, Mayocole studied at the Art Students’ League and Columbia University. She completed her BA cum laude at Mt. Holyoke, and her MA at Teachers College, which retains one of Mayocole’s pieces in its collection. Mayocole worked as anassistant to Nat Kaz, and worked with Tony Padavano at Columbia.

Mayocole’s work is known for connecting sculpture and narrative through installation, and has been shown in New York City, Paris, Costa Rica, Oslo, Albuquerque, and at Storm King sculpture park. Mayocole is an active member of the National Arts Club, where she serves as the co-chair of the Archaeology Committee.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2019“Dearly Beloveds” Installation, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2016“Paper the Walls” Two person Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2015 “Art From Detritus: 20th Anniversary Invitational” Conceived and curated by Vernita Nemec, ViridianArtists, New York, NY
 “Daphne” Outdoor sculpture, Saunders Farm, Garrison, NY
“The Eye of the Beholder: Self-Portraits by Centurions,” The Century Association, New York, NY 
“ARTiculate: 24th Annual Roundtable Exhibition,” The National Arts Club, New York, NY
2014 “A Small Ghost for Eric” outdoor sculpture, Saunders Farm, Garrison, NY
“There Was a Little Girl” Installation, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY 

ORGANIZATIONS

2019“Dearly Beloveds” Installation, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2016“Paper the Walls” Two person Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2015 “Art From Detritus: 20th Anniversary Invitational” Conceived and curated by Vernita Nemec, ViridianArtists, New York, NY
 “Daphne” Outdoor sculpture, Saunders Farm, Garrison, NY
“The Eye of the Beholder: Self-Portraits by Centurions,” The Century Association, New York, NY 
“ARTiculate: 24th Annual Roundtable Exhibition,” The National Arts Club, New York, NY
2014 “A Small Ghost for Eric” outdoor sculpture, Saunders Farm, Garrison, NY
“There Was a Little Girl” Installation, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY