Shelby Fleming

Gut Feeling
Steel, Plastic, Acrylic
242.5x405x168in. 2020
Through curated space and abstracted sculptures that reference the viewer’s body, Gut Feeling, acknowledges the viewer’s experience as the focal point of the exhibition. I designed the whole gallery as an art object using both positive and negative space. The sculptures act as one unified system that guides the viewer through the exhibition in a counterclockwise rotation inward. The viewer follows the forms as they puncture through the walls of the gallery, while considering their own body’s relationship to the forms being seen. The viewer directly engages with the scale of the forms, sculptural placement, and sensory experience; these elements stir humbleness in the viewer by tugging on the string that connects all of us despite our difference, our abject bodies.


Gut Feeling: Segment 1
Steel, Plastic, Acrylic
71x53x38in. 2020


Gut Feeling: Segment 2
Steel, Plastic, Acrylic
55x66x30in. 2020


Gut Feeling: Segment 3
Steel, Plastic, Acrylic
35x93x115in. 2020



Gut Feeling: Segment 4
Steel, Plastic, Acrylic
117x84x96in. 2020


The Cave
Steel, Plastic, Acrylic, Speakers, Mic
132x144x96in. 2020



The Cave
Steel, Plastic, Acrylic, Speakers, Mic
132x144x96in. 2020

