Exoskeleton

("Cracked Shell" and "Crooked Overlay", Jana Moffett McClure, 2009)

Gravity Averted

("Before" and "after", Jana Moffett McClure, 2009)

Nude Back and Crack

("Invisibility Cloak" and "An Incidence of Incision", Jana Moffett McClure, 2009)

Encounters on a Morning Stroll

("Chez Panisse: side entry, 11:10 am" and "E-Pharm: abandoned florist stand, 11:25 am", Jana Moffett McClure, 2009)

Appendix 1.S and Geographic Deviance

(Jana Moffett McClure, 2009)
Source - Left Image: Cobb, J. R. "Outline for the study of scoliosis." In Instructional Course Lectures, The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. (AAOS) Vol. 5, p. 261-75. 1948.
Source - Right Image: Mourning, Matt. "Everything is in its right place: River des Peres" July 14th 2008. <http://misfitstream.wordpress.com>. Accessed Oct. 19.2009.
http://www.fixscoliosis.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/cobb_angle_1948.jpg

Opening Day: Curve˚

"Curve˚: an exploration of lateral deviance" opened today, to a well-dressed crowd gaping as they considered crookedness.

About the show:

Not entirely dissimilar to the ways in which most great masterpieces are born, the inspiration for this project sprang from a crude diagram penned onto a slightly soiled white paper napkin while dining with a friend in a cafe a few months back. While admittedly, I have drawn several identical diagrams in the past, this one ended up on his fridge and became quite the conversation piece.

I am interested in trying to rationalize a deeply painful emotional experience that revolves around my life with scoliosis. It is not the physical pain, but rather the skeletal architecture over which I am prone to obsess. This rib cage deformity is what I seek to understand. For several years I hid inside this crooked cage, stepping out has come only in time, with age. The resulting visual narrative, inspired by the curve and lateral rotation of my spine, is one way in which I seek to document the evolving relationship between my mind, and the abnormal physicality resulting from my (dextro)scoliosis. In my search for answers, I find many clues along the way, some of which I share here with you today.

a work in progression.
*every day I forget, every day I remember

About the Artist:

First:Jana
Middle:Moffett
Last:McClure
D.O.B.: 4/17/1986
Hometown: 34.436N. -119.631W. Elevation: sea to mountain top (+/- 318ft.)
Intriguing facts: identical twin, auntie, lover of books, cooks, maps, animals, secret forts, small knick-knacks, cardamom, farms and the sweet smell of horses. Retired tennis player, ever in search of the perfect writing implement and surface plane.
Secrets: yes, a few.
Hobbies: reading, playing, cooking, smelling, loving, searching, looking, making, sleeping, doing, tinkering, seeing, helping, learning, sharing.
Song: The Crooked Spine- M.Ward

27 October - 23 November

Curve˚
an exploration of lateral deviance






















(Jana Moffett McClure, 2009)