DÉjÀ Vu
The literal translation of the French phrase ‘Déjà Vu’ is ‘already seen’. This show was comprised of work from myself and photographs from Jon Manzke in which we were playing with repetition: themes and patterns seen again and again.
My pieces are a body of work in three parts: Ellipsis, Speleothems, and Ellipsis, But Colorful
Images of work in the original location, accompanied by photographs from Jon Manzke.
Ellipsis
collected packing plastic, silk organza dyed with black walnut & iron, sewn together using bojagi
19 x 17” each
Ellipsis: A punctuation mark (...) which signifies a state of pause, waiting, or an in between. Here: three perspectives on that state.
Ellipsis: Recrudescence.
Noun. English.
The recurrence of an undesirable state. A dreaded return.
Ellipsis: Patior.
Verb. Latin for “to suffer”.
Additionally, the root of the word patience.
Ellipsis: Vantage.
As in vantage point.
Can we see the scope of our lives at once, from birth to death, to know what’s best? At what vantage point do we sit?
Speleothems
Speleothems is a series of forty-five pieces: laser engraved images of cave formations, layered onto daily illustrated blind contour self portraits. From spaces of impatience, these daily pieces were a way or remembering / reminding the sufficiency of a day.
Cave formations (stalactites, stalagmites, helectites, the like...) are formed drop by drop. Slow, consistent accumulation over time.
As creatures living in time, all we are given is today. And today. And today.
Drop by drop.
April 24, 2025 / April 13, 2025 / May 2, 2025 / April 22, 2025;
April 15, 2025 / March 23, 2025 / April 2, 2025 / April 1, 2025
laser engraved acrylic, ashes of palm branches, ink, watercolor on masonite, brass
4 x 4”
Ellipsis, But Make It Colorful
Prints following the design of the bojagi sewn Ellipses, but let’s add some color please.
Ellipsis: Vantage
But Make it Pink
Ellipsis: Patior
But Make it Fluorescent
Ellipsis: Recrudescence
But Make it Turquoise
Ellipsis: Patior
But Make it Blue
Ellipsis: Recrudescence
But Make it Pink
Ellipsis: Vantage
But Make it Fluorescent
Ellipsis: Patior
But Make it Pink
Ellipsis: Recrudescence
But Make it Blue
Ellipsis: Vantage
But Make it Turquoise
Ellipsis: Recrudescence
But Make it Fluorescent
linocut prints
10 x 8”