VESTIGE - Works by Justine Reyes and Sonja Thomsen april 9 - may 1st
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday April 9th 7-11p
58 Gallery
58 coles st jersey city nj. 07302
closing reception may 1st, 7 -9 pm
Justine Reyes:
These Last Things consist of large-scale color photographs of the
interior of four drawers. I took these drawers out of my uncle's
dresser after he passed away. The title refers to the Novissima or
the Four Last Things that every man must face; Death, Judgement,
Heaven and Hell. I chose this title not only because my uncle was
Catholic and very religious but also because it refers to the things
we leave behind when we die. These drawers are the last physical trace
or vestige of my uncle, left untouched in his memory.
Sonja Thomsen:
As the word lacuna references both intellectual and physical gaps, the
temporal installation titled lacuna is a metaphor for memory and
aging. 70 small images hang on the wall, some in stacks of
reproductions waiting to be peeled away. Throughout the duration of
the installation the images are removed, fade and reveal an impression
in plexi of the image that was once there. Place and person become
symbol and impression in the work creating an emotive narrative
suspended in the gap between; a man straddling dementia, a boy in his
teenage prime, hands cradling the last harvest of raspberries.
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