Issue #54


Authors

Pathétique: Adagio Lamentoso

Pathétique: Adagio Lamentoso

Kaysa Engdahl
Kaysa Engdahl
Kaysa Engdahl

Kaysa Engdahl is a multimedia studio artist living and working in the Pacific Northwest. Through sculpture and painting, they focus on removing familiar qualities from the human body in unstable yet controlled scenarios. They are inspired by historical art movements, often referencing the elegance of art nouveau and the gilded, ostentatious nature of the Baroque era. Incorporating their own experiences with invisible disabilities and chronic illness, their work poses the question: What happens when we, as humans, can no longer recognize or connect emotionally with the bodies we inhabit? Our minds are filled with expectations we have of our bodies. What will we do when those change or fail? They strive for a balance of visual elegance and visceral reaction in their work, simultaneously evoking decadency and unease. Through depersonalization of the body, they spark conversations around how we treat our own and others’ corporeal selves. Kaysa will be graduating in March 2025 from Western Washington University with a BA in Studio Art along with minors in Art History and Spanish.

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