Madeline Stillwell b.1978

American artist Madeline Stillwell’s body of work combines elements of sculpture, graffiti, environmental art, dance, and theater, evoking themes of temporality and permanence, and highlighting the processes of breaking down and regeneration. Most of her work centers on performances in which found objects and debris from the city streets are brought inside and transformed into an indoor urban wasteland. Stillwell gathers her discarded industrial materials from local dumpsters and construction sites and arranges them aesthetically; by the end of her performances, these surroundings are in ruins.