Oh sweet readers!  I have carried around my portable card reader for days now hoping to update you on the sites and scenes of my art life.  It just seems that there aren’t enough hours in the day at times!

Believe it or not, March is almost over and all of my Women’s History Month hullabaloo will be over.  It seems to be a blink of an eye.  This weekend Chores comes down.  Here is a quick tour of the show even though you should really see it instead…..

Putting this show together certainly had it’s challenges however it really began with Karla’s piece that you see here (and it seems it something shifted and I didn’t notice when I photographed the piece- eek!).  Her piece is entitled “A Weight That Hung Between Us.”  It is about a close familial relationship that depicts fragility and severity in the same breath. 

Her photopolymer prints are derivative of the same theme however question the facade of domestic perfection and what lies within the walls of the home.  They are beautiful whispers of a memory.

Another anchor in the room is “Return” by Christina Day.  This incredible piece recalls the architecture of the home where she grew up and coincedentally the walls are painted the same color (what luck!).  This alludes the to what in our own interiors are areas to consider and areas that are closed off.  Within the differentiation of area, this implies a contrast between familiarity and alienation.

Chrissy’s “Refractions” are introspective treasures of memory.  She takes found compacts and personal effects and applies images of vast area to them.  It reminds me of a memory most cherished.

Kimberly Scola has a wonderful piece that juxtaposes the historical propriety of samplers with a suggestive overture.  It’s a beautifully stiched piece that seems to knock most viewers over when they read it.  I love that!

Andrea Gaydos Landau creates what she calls a “dust print.”  This is a piece made entirely from gathered dust and creates an image that seems to invite more particles to gather. 

Here is her statement…. I think she says it much better than how I can!

I am interested in presenting work that confronts the viewer with an experience that is both spatial and visceral.  By using materials that have a mundane and residual nature is suggestive of a process of addition, division and expansive megalomania, which has its own internal logic.  I want to evoke a visual slippage from accumulation to deterioration and from beauty to base, all to blur the distinction between object and subject.  By building or compiling, an accrual of bits reveals information of a new order, maybe an entirely new object or material, or exposes the subtle possibility of an alternative cosmology.

Sarah Edmonds creates lovely work that suggests day to day labor.   Above is a drawing entitled “Systems (3).”  Below is the installation she created from ephemera and stitched fabric.  I truly think that the photos do not do it justice.  I also wanted to print Sarah’s statement for her work because it’s poetry is something not to forget.

First there is a mountain then there is no mountain, then there is

First there is a mountain then there is no mountain, then there is 

Caterpillar sheds his skin to find the butterfly within 

First there is a mountain then there is no mountain, then there is

First there is a mountain then there is no mountain 

Before posting this entry, I do want to acknowledge that there were two film pieces included in this show done by Katina Sossiadis.  There were a great addition to the conversation- one a fictional short film about a women struggling in her domestic environment and the other, a documentary about women who are “late bloomers.”  Look her up!

For more information about all of these wonderful women- check out their websites:
www.karlastingerstein.com
www.chrissyday.com
www.andrealandau.com
www.chezsucrechez.com
www.katinasossiadis.com

More posts to come soon…. check back!