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Melanie Manos
Detroit, Michigan, US
Materia Gallery, Detroit
Wiggly World Series
Color ink on enhanced matte paper, color digital print collage; polyethylene frame 2104 - 2015
Influenced by the writings and recordings of philosopher Alan Watts who professed, "it's a wiggly world," these drawings with photo print collage illustrate imaginary
landscapes of amoebic
shapes perched on floating constructs, including my head and body. With this work I consider organizing principles of human habitation and the precariousness of civilisation. I place myself not as Atlas holding up the world but as one seeking to maintain balance.
![Wiggly Large](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/733063_5faf3ffd8f104ba880ab22ffc41be28a.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_160,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/733063_5faf3ffd8f104ba880ab22ffc41be28a.jpg)
Wiggly Large
photo: Eric Wheeler
![Wiggly Two](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/733063_f20b40b6fbef4ce49c7565f50beff3a2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_103,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/733063_f20b40b6fbef4ce49c7565f50beff3a2.jpg)
Wiggly Two
photo: Eric Wheeler
![Wiggly World Series](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/733063_b3302cf2ad524bb2999b99ad6d943916.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_75,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/733063_b3302cf2ad524bb2999b99ad6d943916.jpg)
Wiggly World Series
Installation view at Simone De Sousa Gallery, Detroit. Photo: Eric Wheeler
![Wiggly Large](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/733063_5faf3ffd8f104ba880ab22ffc41be28a.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_160,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/733063_5faf3ffd8f104ba880ab22ffc41be28a.jpg)
Wiggly Large
photo: Eric Wheeler
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