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Panel Discussion - Wednesday, April 15 | TIME: TBD
ARTIST STATEMENT
This artwork functions as a contemplative piece on infancy and isolation. Its textile materials, pastel colors, and soft designs are quietly feminine, embodying the constant wistfulness for a childhood comfort I cannot regain. The representational imagery of a fruit and fetus are combined into a scene that is whimsical and morbid. As such, the dimensional form further immerses the audience into my self depiction of a feeble creature cradled between flesh and blanket. The various materials converge into a flowing composition that displays a rekindling with my own fragility and innocence as I recapture myself in a vulnerable state.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work focuses on the relationship between spaces and objects' ability to hold memory. The line between identity and memory dissolves as my experiences define the person I am, and the strongest holders of memory are the places that surround me. As different memories overlap a single space, it's hard to define what my identity is within the progression of time, changing the places around me and dissolving the people I’ve been. I want to define where my surroundings begin and where I end. As I’m not just within my space, I am inseparable from it.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I try to capture fleeting moments and situations in time that were pivotal in my development as a young woman. This vessel was made as a place for storing personal feelings and memories that I’ve kept to myself. It contains a double wall, creating two compartments within itself to hold objects and memorabilia having to do with people and events in my life that hold importance. I want this to evoke a bittersweet feeling in the viewers, and to serve as a self-reflection piece. The ceramic process itself brings me comfort, but the results always drive me to advance in my skill. I use ceramics as a tool and form of expression.