Curious Lifeforms of Janet Van Fleet

The materials Janet Van Fleet uses to make “Curious Lifeforms” (a series of sculptures of humans and animals) are sticks, rusty nails, buttons, and old clothespins. “As I gather (and subsequently manipulate and assemble) these materials, I become an archivist, preserving and bringing into new relationships oddities from material culture and natural history that would otherwise disappear into the planetary dumpster.”

Janet Van Fleet: About the Artist

Janet Van Fleet is a self-taught artist who lives and works in Vermont, where she produces two distinct bodies of work. Her freestanding figurative works, known as Curious Lifeforms, are assembled with wood, wire, and found objects. She also creates wall-hung works