Alix Marie: Shredded

In Shredded, Alix Marie’s second solo exhibition at Roman Road, she presents some of her latest projects, materialising her prevailing study of gender construction and performativity into new forms of art. On entering the exhibition, visitors are audibly immersed in a gym environment; distinctive sounds of workout machines surround the displayed works, which highlight muscular physiques and body parts in varied ways. With her new pieces in Shredded, Marie creatively expands on her investigation of the performance of virility in bodybuilding and demonstrates the tensions with social constructions of masculinity today.