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Lauren Taylor Grad

Hug

Filmed performance, sculpture

“‘Hug’ is a sculpture created out of plaster, galvanized wire, steel, and ash, accompanied by a filmed performance. Imprinted with the shape of my hug, the plaster sculpture is fed warmth and heated from within by a small steel stove. In the performance, I am standing on a mountain top in the winter, exposed and vulnerable to the elements. I am feeding wood into the stove, which in turn heats and warms my body as I hug the piece. This piece explores my own personal need to comfort and be comforted."

— Lauren Taylor Grad

About the artist

Lauren Taylor Grad

Lauren Taylor Grad is an Interdisciplinary Artist from Anderson, South Carolina. She received a MFA from Winthrop University in 2020, and a BFA in Painting and Metal Sculpture from Clemson University in 2012. She is currently an Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts at Winthrop University, in Rock Hill, SC, and uniquely combines her love of materials with found objects to explore the many aspects of life that intrigue her.

Since the start of her artistic career, she has displayed her work in a variety of galleries and art organizations around the south, always striving to share her unique vision with the world.

She now resides as a practicing artist in Charlotte, NC.
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