To begin, African American artist Kristine Mays creates life-sized sculptures of women’s garments. Reminiscent of a seamstress’ wire dress form, Mays creates sculptures from hundreds of pieces of metal wire that allow the viewer to see through the structure from all sides. However, the artist’s sculptures do not depict the traditional form of a static human shape but instead forms the contours of a garment and as well depicts folds and wrinkles that would be created if worn by a human body. Exhibiting her work primarily in California, Mays claims to “create the outer shell, the exterior of a human being, but provoke you to see what's within.”
