And i no longer can keep her to myself.
Her black and white work is delicious.
"The struggle between living in the moment versus escaping to another reality is intense since these two opposites strive to dominate. I believe there are moments that can be found throughout any given day that bring sanctuary. It is in finding these moments amidst the stress of the everyday that my life as a mother parallels my work as an artist, and where the dynamics of family life throughout time seem remarkably unchanged. As an artist and as a mother, I believe life’s most poignant moments come from the ability to fuse fantasy and reality: to see the mythic amidst the chaos."
I feel like i deal with the same types of things when creating work. In the past my work has been focused on the moment of a situation, where the climax of an event is occurring and i capture the instant the subject gets caught in the current of the actions. I feel that over the summer my emotions have turned more to the direction of calm, yet poignant moments. The calm before/after the storm, if you will, creating a momental 'sanctuary' like Blackmon referred to.
did you see her lecture at the nelson? a co-worker of mine is actually a close friend of hers if you want me to get her contact info.
ReplyDeletei was kind of unhappy with her talk because she seemed... dodgy. she avoided a question i asked her at all costs and moved on pretty quickly, which irritated the shit out of me. she's much more articulate in the quote than she seemed to be in person.
http://www.selu.edu/acad_research/depts/vis_art/gallery/
ReplyDeletea cellphone photo call for entries. i know you like dem' cellular pixsssss.
@Chels
ReplyDeletegirl i am entering this. RIGHT NOW.
@steve. WTF what a douche. her contact would be cool though, but if she is a square maybe i don't want to get involved. lol