Design Free Thursday // Lee Materazzi.

Lee Materazzi‘s images sit at the intersection of photography, sculpture, performance art and comedy. Her work is prompted by ordinary things from her daily life – a chair, a favorite blouse, a living room, or simply a person walking by on the street. “I am interested in our ability to imbue such everyday objects and spaces with meaning, and equally the emotional impact that these objects and spaces then have on our persona. Through the manipulation of these relationships my work takes form”, explains the artist.

In her images, people are maneuvered into spaces as daily routines are turned up-side down. Household items are torn apart and restructured, trapping fragments of the subject who once utilized them.

I don’t know about you, but these photos seriously make me laugh. You’ve got to love a woman who isn’t afraid to wrestle with a vacuum cleaner; embrace peeled sheets of wallpaper; smear birthday cake on her face; or bury herself with her legs and head sticking out of the dirt on either side of a walkway. Genius.

[All images © Lee Materazzi.]