Through the Shadows: Beyond Words and Images | 2022 - 2022
Through the Shadows: Beyond Words and Images | SE Center for Photography
Beyond Words and Images we have emotional responses, ways of seeing through an inner knowing, an inner vortex or kaleidoscope that informs what we see. It is said that experience within the family before the age of seven cements the fabric through which we see for our entire life. In this body of work, I attempt to give expression to the phenomenon of seeing, of being in this world. On the wall are prints of platinum palladium gestural strokes expressing the emotions of seeing. Suspended from the ceiling are balls sewn from shredded family work of 8x10 contact printed platinum palladium prints. The balls appropriately cast shadows on the emotions. On the ground are life sized human shaped mannequin legs covered with platinum palladium prints of appropriated images and headlines of world events. These images are ones that are generally universally recognizable, events we are all steeped in if only through the modern news cycle. These images are among those that become icons for world events whether specifically or of a type. We gain footing in these images as we move beyond their text and through the shadows of family imagery and emotions.
Beyond Words and Imagse was on view at the SE Center for Photographyfrom September 2 to November 26, 2022 along with a selection of work from 100 Butterflies: A Prayer for Peace.
