Malamp: Styx
2007 – Ongoing
Styx is a sculptural expression of complex sensations derived from finding the abnormal frogs in nature. Named after the legendary river from Greek mythology that moved between the worlds of the Living and the Dead. To create Styx, tiny actual deformed frog specimens are carefully chemically cleared and stained then displayed on large dark structures- to resemble fallen obelisks. The specimens are small, out of our normal human-scale for bodily association, but through precisely illuminated glass dishes they become the ‘light’ and focal point. Viewed up close they resemble gems or the stained-glass windows found in some cathedrals. There is something familiar about them, enchanting but terrible.
Styx: Variation XII. 2012. Portal MMC Kibla, Maribor, Slovenia. Mixed media installation with 9 cleared and stained Pacific treefrogs on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. Photograph by Matej Kristovič.
Styx: Variation XII. 2012. Portal MMC Kibla, Maribor, Slovenia. Mixed media installation with 9 cleared and stained Pacific treefrogs on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. Photograph by Matej Kristovič.
Styx: Variation XII. 2012. Portal MMC Kibla, Maribor, Slovenia. Mixed media installation with 9 cleared and stained Pacific treefrogs on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. Photograph by Matej Kristovič.
Styx: Variation XI. 2012. Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin, Germany. Mixed media installation with 5 cleared and stained Pacific treefrogs on sculptural light-box. Styx - Berlin. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. Photograph by Dr. Marc Wellmann.
Styx: Variation XI. 2012. Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin, Germany. Mixed media installation with 5 cleared and stained Pacific treefrogs on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. Photograph by Dr. Marc Wellmann.
Styx: Variation X. 2012. Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA. Mixed media installation with 13 cleared and stained Pacific treefrogs on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. Photo by Varvara Mikushkina.
Styx: Variation X. 2012. Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA. Mixed media installation with 13 cleared and stained Pacific treefrogs on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. Photo by Varvara Mikushkina.
Styx: Variation Vl. 2010. Parco Arte Vivente (PAV), Centro D’Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy. Mixed media installation with 9 cleared and stained Pacific treefrogs on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. Photograph by Mattia Boero.
Styx: Variation Vl. 2010. Parco Arte Vivente (PAV), Centro D'Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy. Mixed media installation with 9 cleared and stained Pacific treefrogs on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. Photograph by Valentina Bonomonte.
Styx: Variations lV and V. 2010. Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, England. Mixed media installations: cleared and stained deformed Pacific treefrogs, English toads and European common frogs on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. and Richard Sunter. Photograph by Kristian Buss
Styx: Variations IV. 2010. Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, England. Mixed media installation: cleared and stained Pacific treefrogs on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. Photograph by Kristian Bussared and stained Pacific treefrogs on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. Photograph by Kristian Buss.
Styx: Variation V. 2010. Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, England. Mixed media installation: cleared and stained English toads and 1 European common frog on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions and Richard Sunter. Photograph by Kristian Buss.
DETAIL of Styx: Variation V. 2010. Cleared and stained European common frog on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions and Richard Sunter. Photograph by Kristian Buss.
Styx: Variation III. 2008. z33, Hasselt, Belgium. Mixed media installation with 9 cleared and stained Pacific treefrogs on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. Photograph by Kristof Vrancken.
Styx: Variation III. 2008. z33, Hasselt, Belgium. Mixed media installation with 9 cleared and stained Pacific treefrogs on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. Photograph by Kristof Vrancken.
Styx: Variation III. 2008. z33, Hasselt, Belgium. Mixed media installation with 9 cleared and stained Pacific treefrogs on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. Photograph by Kristof Vrancken.
Styx: Variation II. 2008. Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Mixed media installation with 9 cleared and stained Pacific treefrogs on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. Photograph by Tom Van Eynde.
Styx: Variation II. 2008. Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Mixed media installation with 9 cleared and stained Pacific treefrogs on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. Photograph by Tom Van Eynde.
Styx: Variation I. 2007. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, USA. Mixed media installation with 9 cleared and stained Pacific treefrogs on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. Photograph by Phillip Ross.
Styx: Variation I. 2007. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, USA. Mixed media installation with 9 cleared and stained Pacific treefrogs on sculptural light-box. In scientific collaboration with Stanley K. Sessions. Photograph by Phillip Ross.