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"Michelle Handelman creates provocative works that are both confrontational and visually stunning. She deftly plumbs the depths of human morality by exploring the extremes of attraction and repulsion, of beauty and the grotesque, revealing the artifice of contemporary culture while simultaneously co-opting many of its deceptions to her own advantage. Over the years Handelman’s work has moved from self-portraiture to large-scale cinematic installations that encompass video, performance, photography and public art.
I spoke with Michelle Handelman just after her premiere Irma Vep, The Last Breath, (2013) a final work in a series that includes her installations This Delicate Monster (2004/07) and Dorian, a Cinematic Perfume (2009/12). Irma Vep, The Last Breath uses the silent film character IrmaVep as a launching point to discuss issues of cinema construction, criminality and erased histories of both queer and female identity. Irma Vep, The Last Breath is now on exhibit at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University."
