�鶹��ý

The �鶹��ý Lemmerman Gallery is pleased to present "Pat Lay: Hybrid", to showcase highlights of the prolific multimedia artist, Pat Lay, who is based in �鶹��ý City. Over two decades Lay’s artwork has explored technological metaphors of human experience. Her sculptures, made of fired clay, computer parts and other readymade elements, are hybrid forms that have cross-cultural references and question what it means to be human.

In Lay’s collages, digital images scanned from computer circuit boards are transformed into a new matrix. Reminiscent of Buddhist mandalas, these abstractions are created in response to our world of technological advancement and digital progress. In her ongoing series, "Soul Bots and Nested Bots", she embeds computer parts such as aluminum heat sinks and cooler fans in organic clay forms, suggesting possible hybrid creatures and plants of the near future. “How are we as humans changed by the new advances in technology?” Lay asks. By working both two-dimensionally and three-dimensionally, Lay seeks answers to the question through visual and tactile explorations.