With the exhibition “Modular Woman,” Russian-born artist Irina Lotarevich continued her long-standing sculptural confrontation with the processes of standardization and optimization, and with the power mechanisms that maintain social systems. Using casting and other techniques with metals such as stainless steel, aluminum, silver, and tin, she develops a physical relationship with her materials. Pieces that range from large, almost human-size objects to petite, jewelry-like charms reference architecture and comment on labor.

Many of her new works repeat the primary form of a box or a container