top of page

Slumpies are a series of sculptures that position themselves as utilitarian objects. Slumpies acknowledge our ever-increasing relationship with technological devices, relieving us of the need to support our own bodies while we interface with the digital world. They are a solution to an endemic problem of our contemporary moment—the type of issue that can arise only in the context of a technologically driven, luxury-saturated, consumer-oriented marketplace. Mayer’s awkwardly rendered Slumpies, with their bulky shape and strange palette speckled with glitter, suggest a lack of conscientious design—an ad hoc solution made from simple materials that stands in direct contradiction to the sleek forms and designs, and the marketing culture, that defines our intimate dependence on technology.

Slumpie-jillian-mayer-mass-moca-1.jpg

Slumpie (2024) - Aluminum

68 x 97 x 120 inches

sarasota-slumpies-phone-pic-jillianmayer.png
jillian-mayer-slumpie_edited.jpg

Slumpie Promo Video, 2014

jillian-mayer.png
slumpie-72-33.jpeg
jillian-mayer-Slumpie 74 rt.png

Slumpie 29 - Grafix

37 x 42 x 25 in

slumpie 71--22.jpeg
Jillian-Mayer-MoMA-PS1-1-1000x664.jpg
Screen Shot 2024-11-24 at 7.42.43 PM.png

Slumpie 9 - Knee Hole

60" x 40" x 55"

slumpie korea 58 jillian mayer.jpg
jilliian-mayer-slumpies-2.png

Slumpie 14 in use at Perez Art Museum, Miami

Slumpie 3 - Q Chair

52 x 35 x 37 inches

Slumpie 75 - Vertebra

34" x 58" x 27"

slumpie-73-2.jpg
slumpie- copy.jpg

Slumpie 9 in use at Social Structures, New York, NY

JILLIAN-mayer-miami-artist.png

Slumpie 89 - Harp Mode

71 x 43 x 28 inches

slumpie-73-1.jpg

Slumpie 32 - Privacy

28 x 58 x 42 inches

Slumpie 31 - Wet Bar Standing

49 x 28 x 28 inches

bottom of page