Lireille Gallery of Contemporary Jewelry and Art |
Rosanne Reynolds
consisting of a simple, classic bedroom. All of the appointments of the room are of varying
sizes and types of metal mesh, creating an ephemeral atmosphere. They have the
rumpled surface and rusted patinas of age and use. Clustered on these pieces, in areas
that correlate with where a longtime inhabitant of the room would repeatedly touch, are
groups of North American migratory butterflies, made from porcelain. Upon close scrutiny,
the patterns on some of them include photographic faces of a woman at various ages.
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Memory can be a curious thing. Often fragile and fleeting when summoned, it can have
great tenacity as well, returning unbidden to periodically remind one of people, events and
emotions that are otherwise long gone. What draws them back? Sometimes aspects of
our own sensory experience, such as aromas or an old song, will spark our recall.
Sometimes an associated space, or perhaps even kinesthetic energies remaining in
familiar objects will bring them back. These physical triggers might lure and cage our
desired memories; as well, we can sometimes use reality to screen memories out,
keeping them at bay. Sometimes memories themselves become a trap. Occasionally, they
seem more tangible and enduring than the physical world around us.
Most of us live, work, and die quietly, without leaving behind achievements worthy of the
history books. What, then, is the purpose and worth of an average human life? What do
most of us leave behind? I believe that every ordinary life in its individual struggle leaves a
unique residue at least of memory. Ephemeral, vulnerable, beautiful. Returning.
-Rosanne Reynolds
| PASSING THROUGH |
For Passing Through, I designed and fabricated an entire life-size bedroom
individually painted and glazed, with a minimum of 3 firings. Having scanned
many photos of my mother from her lifetime, I sized, reversed, colored and of
the room would have habitually touched.
individually painted and glazed, with a minimum of 3 firings. Having scanned
many photos of my mother from her lifetime, I sized, reversed, colored and of
the room would have habitually touched.
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