The Museum of Sex recently celebrated their latest exhibition, Long Island Girl: The Superrealism of Carole Feuerman.
This showcase of early sculptures by New York artist Carole Feuerman marks the first museum presentation of these works in the United States. The evening included a champagne reception attended by figures in the New York arts & culture community including museum founder Daniel Gluck, museum creative director & actress Katherine Crockett, and intimacy coordinator Laura Desiree among others.
Feuerman’s work is shaped by the exploration of realism that came out of the Pop Art movement of the 1960s and the feminist and counterculture movements of the 1970s. While contemporaries like George Segal and Duane Hanson responded to advertising and Pop Art with hyper-lifelike materials, Feuerman’s work diverged by focusing on female interiority. Influenced by the feminist art movement of the late 1970s, which reclaimed women’s bodies and sexuality from male-dominated narratives, her sculptures present the female form with strength, beauty, and sensuality. Beyond capturing physical likeness, Feuerman’s work conveys the inner lives and emotional depth of her subjects.
