Lee Materazzi returns to Eleanor Harwood Gallery for her fourth solo exhibition, presenting photographs and sculptures made from what she describes as “materials that are on hand—last week’s garbage,” alongside drawings, jewelry, toys, and fragments of childhood detritus. Over time, Materazzi’s practice has evolved into a kind of visual diary, tracing life stages from early motherhood to parenting a teenager.
In this exhibition, those personal narratives shift into more overtly conceptual territory. Objects associated with childhood are cast in resin, transformed into fixed talismans resistant to time and erosion. The ordinary becomes monumental through preservation. In Goldstar Crotch, gold star stickers—typically given as rewards—cover a pair of worn jeans, a molded foot, and a shoe, propped on an orange and photographed. The gesture reframes childhood achievement as a meditation on labor, care, and artistic production.
What we love: Materazzi invites slow looking; meanings unfold gradually, often concealed within titles that act as camouflage rather than explanation.
Lee Materazzi at Eleanor Harwood Gallery.
January 10-February 28, 2026
In this exhibition, those personal narratives shift into more overtly conceptual territory. Objects associated with childhood are cast in resin, transformed into fixed talismans resistant to time and erosion. The ordinary becomes monumental through preservation. In Goldstar Crotch, gold star stickers—typically given as rewards—cover a pair of worn jeans, a molded foot, and a shoe, propped on an orange and photographed. The gesture reframes childhood achievement as a meditation on labor, care, and artistic production.
What we love: Materazzi invites slow looking; meanings unfold gradually, often concealed within titles that act as camouflage rather than explanation.
Lee Materazzi at Eleanor Harwood Gallery.
January 10-February 28, 2026
