SlaughterhouseSpace

Summer 2011, SlaughterhouseSpace will present:

NOBODY'S POODLE
an installation by
PAT LENZ

June 25, 2011 ~ September 10, 2011
Opening reception for the artist Saturday June 25 4PM ~ 7PM

What does it mean to be Nobody's Poodle?
No one can name you, command you, or lead you. You think and decide for yourself.
When I began this project there were wars and genocides raging all over the globe incited by testosterone-fueled, power-mad despots without compassion for people or nature. The world has not changed.
I envision a new icon: the embodiment everything positive, life giving, and life sustaining. A post-biblical goddess who embraces her femininity while exuding power and control. Nobody's Poodle is a force for peace and non-violence whose benign weapon is perfume emitted from a grenade-shaped atomizer. She is a Twenty First century heroine to be worshipped. Everyone should aspire to be Nobody's Poodle.
Pat Lenz

7'H X 8'L X 3'W Fiberglass and stainless steel (Artist Proof)

Women are responsible for the survival of the world; men are responsible for its glories.
Netherland: A Novel by Joseph O'Neill

In addition to the sculpture, the installation includes:
A 5-minute single-channel video Untitled, produced and directed by Liz Magic Laser
The perfume F*I*F*I* named after the alias for Nobody's Poodle
Five small sculptures, each representing one of the elements of the perfume:

The Milk of Human Kindness

The Rose of Peace

The Sea of Tranquility

Mother Earth

Mother Nature

Untitled: the video

Making a Sculpture: the diary

Nobody's Poodle: The Book

Sculptor Pat Lenz is the director of SlaughterhouseSpace, a venue for installation and performance art in Healdsburg, California. In addition to her own curatorial practice, she has worked with guest curators to bring a diverse group of Bay area, national, and international artists to Sonoma County. Entering its fifth season, SlaughterhouseSpace has gained a reputation for avant-garde exhibitions dealing with provocative issues.
Her work is in numerous collections and has been recently exhibited at The African American Museum in Oakland, The Palo Alto Museum, and the Sonoma County Museum (Summer, 2011).
Pat graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and did her graduate work at Columbia University.
Pat was the owner-chef of A Moveable Feast restaurant in the Hamptons where her senses of smell and taste were in no small part responsible for her New York Times four-star rating.
Pat was the founder and co-owner of Lenz Vineyards on Long Island, another endeavor that relied on her olfactory sense for its success.
More recently, she and her husband Peter Lenz established Duchamp Hotel and Duchamp Winery in Healdsburg, California.
A feminist/humanist, Pat hopes for a world that respects, honors, and uses the powers women bring to the table. Without this balance we will continue to see aggression, violence, and waste of human life.

Nobody's Poodle is an edition of three.

One is in the permanent collection of
The Sonoma County Museum: Santa Rosa, Ca.