Mother?
questioning our assumptions about mothers, mothering, and
women
Artists
Betsy
Adams
Amy Boger
Cindy Cloutier
Cathy George
Kathy Halamka
Mira Hnatyshyn
Melissa Kulig
Ginnie Lupi
Bea Meyer
Susan Shie
Marcella Stasa
Meghan Sullivan
Gay Tracy
Petra Voegtle
Paul Weiner
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"The
concept of dualities in life has always intrigued me. How
does a mother react to identical twins? And what are twins'
perceptions of their mother's reaction? How does that affect
their relationship?" "She left no passions to snake
like shadows, across her pale, papered walls. Just a sense
of her empty memories, that are unraveling in the corner like
strings, until they fill up her shaded room. Her dresses now
hang like sacks in the closet, their stiff blueness, fading
like a ripple into the drizzle glass. Dangling above the doorway,
a spider finds comfort in the stale silent air." To
read more of Cindy Cloutier's poem "Nothing left of her
to resurrect" (1992), please contact the artist or visit
the exhibit in person. Find
out more about Cloutier at www.InstinctualArt.com "Nothing
Left of Her to Resurrect" A
native of Gallipolis, Ohio, Cathy George has made her home
in Richmond, VA for the last 20 years. She is married and
is the mother of two daughters, ages 5 and 2.
"The
Dress" "untitled"
"Rein"
(portrait at right, as part of a previous installation)
For more information about Susan Shie and her work, visit:
http://www.turtlemoon.com/ See
more of Tracy's work at: http://www.gaytracy.com/ "Mother
Dreams" (detail)
"Pele" the Hawaiian Akua (Goddess), the fire goddess,
mother of all life which comes out of the depth of the earth
can be represented by many forms. I chose the colors and form
of Pahoehoe lava (string lava). The myth says that Pele was
born as a flame in the mouth of her mother Haumea and that
her home is Halemaumau, a crater of the volcano Kilauea on
the island Hawai'i. In Hawaiian mythology women were a powerful
source of new life and source of spiritual power. In the Polynesian
world Mana Wahine — the power of woman — was a
force that must never be ignored. It was Hina (Woman) who
gave birth to new life, Hina controlled the moon, the tides
and the reefs and Hina had the secret of fire. For more abotu
this piece, visit Voegtle's Pele
web page)
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Mother? site.
"Mother's Favorite Daughter"
mixed-media assemblage (acrylic, pencil, wax, seed pearls, wood
on reverse chalk board)
$1400
"My
Mother"
ceramic/stoneware
8" x 5" x 5"
nfs
chicken wire, galvanized wire, enamel paint
14" x 56" x 10"
nfs
"Mother
Earth"
mixed media sculpture (plaster, cloth, rope, caulk, paint, sawdust)
31" x 22" x 9"
nfs
After receiving a B.S. in Photo Illustration from Kent State
University, she worked in the field of commercial photography
for 7 years and then began an exploration of a variety of
other visual arts.
Since February 2000, she has been collaborating with a group
of local artists in Richmond - The Howldog Collective. In
doing so, Cathy has developed a method of exploring her psyche
through the images that come out in her art. Through manipulation
of a variety of media -- clay, charcoal, oil and wax, and
mixed media -- she has been able to access deep feelings and
emotions that had been previously inaccessible to her. Making
art, therefore, has become more than a hobby or pastime to
her, it has become a necessary tool for personal growth.
"Outward"
black
and white silver gelatin photo
14" x 19"
$400 (matted and framed)Kathy
Halamka entered the professional art world at the age of 12
by exhibiting in galleries and regularly competing in scholarship
and community art competitions. She earned her Bachelor of Arts
degree in painting and drawing with a minor in photography from
Stanford University in 1984 while working as a graphic artist.
Her post-baccalaureate studies at institutions such as the Academy
of Art College in San Francisco and the School of the Museum
of Fine Arts include encaustic painting, alternative process
photography, monotype, etching and lithography. Continuing to
exhibit in shows throughout the U.S., she entered the Master
of Fine Arts graduate program at the Tufts University/School
of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in the autumn of 2002.
Her recent solo shows include Penn State Altoona in December
2003, and the Bromfield Gallery of Boston in January 2004.
For more information about Halamka, visit: http://home.comcast.net/~khalamka
mixed media on canvas
36" x 24"
$750.00 Mira
Hnatyshyn (Ha-nah-ti-shin), 40, is an artist living in San Antonio,
Texas.
Mira has been painting full-time for only 3 years. But in many
respects, her emerging career reflects a lifetime of preparation
and introspection. Born to Ukrainian and Polish emigres who
settled in rural Maryland, Mira has relied on art to preserve
and transform her cultural identity.
After a successful career as an art director in Washington,
D.C., Mira moved to San Antonio and began studying with master
abstractionist Alberto Mijangos. Her most recent solo show,
White Minutiae, opened in December 2003 at Three Walls Gallery
in the Blue Star Art Space in San Antonio. Her other solo shows
include Rozmova Lubovlia (The Language of Love) in October 2003,
and Fuga Centri Fuga (From the Center) in February 2002, both
at Salon Mijangos in San Antonio. Her work has also been featured
in Art-O-Mat as well as group shows at the Southwest School
of Arts and Crafts and private collections.
Mira holds a bachelor's degree in design from the University
of Maryland. She has studied locally with Mijangos and installation
artist Chris Sauter.
Her painting "Voyage Home" can be seen at http://zar.co.za/baartman.htm
(scroll down the page) and her painting "Lada" is
the featured artwork when you click "Postcard design ideas"
under "Getting Started" at Modern
Postcard.
These
pieces are part of a newly begun series of smaller works that
utilize the same methods from my larger "Women Series."
I make the wooden boxes, find and buy unique, old photos or
daguerreotypes, and assemble them with epoxy, acrylic paint,
and colored pencil. These children, words, and found objects
evoke feelings of what it's like to be cared for as well as
how we care for people. They express human needs, and question
what needs we, as adults, might still experience but may sacrifice
for our children and/or other relationships in our lives.
"Spoon"
mixed
media on wood panel
5" x 5"
nfs
"Little
Man"
mixed media on wood panel
5" x 5"
$300.00
"Little
Soldier"
mixed media on wood panel
5" x 5"
$300
acrylic on canvas
36" x 36"
$500
See
more of Lupi's work at: http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/g/ginnie/
Bea
Meyer
One print is a self-portrait of the artist while she was a mother-to-be
wearing male underwear with the word "RAUS" embroidered
on it. The other is a self-portrait while she was a mother-to-be
wearing female underwear with the word "REIN" on it.
Raus means "out" and Rein means "in."
For more information about Meyer, visit: www.liga-galerie.de
or write to
beameyer@gmx.de
"Raus"
laminated ink jet print
77" x 42"
$1705 (for the print)
laminated ink jet print
77" x 42"
$1705 (for the print)
Shie will be at Friends Fabric
Art in Lowell to run a workshop on May 1 and
2, 2004. For further information: Friends
Fabric Art or the FFA
Visiting Artist's Pages on Shie
"The
Peace Cupboard" (detail)
quilted painting
16" x 21"
$6720
no
image available
"Not Here, Not Now, Please" (subtitled "the home
nest isn't safe")
mixed media sculpture
24" x 13" x 9"
$210
Sullivan
recieved her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art in 2000.
She was artist in residence at Mudflat Studios in Somerville
from 2001-2002, summer resident at Watershed Center in August
2003, and is currently studio artist at Mudflat Studios.
"Expectation"
multiple fired lowfire clay ceramic figure
24" x 10" x 5.5"
$650
Gay S. Tracy
mixed media - oil paint and collage on gessoed paper
26" x 11"
$400
For further information about Voegtle, please visit: http://www.angelfire.com/art2/vyala_arts/
"Pele
- Mother of Life"
silk carving
48" x 17"
$8200
"Collectibles"
cibachrome print
16" x 20"
$900
"Photographer
Paul Weiner has a knack for following interesting people around.
His artist portraits have been featured in over 100 exhibitions
throughout the US; his images, which are set in darkness by
utilizing controlled artificial and natural light as well as
manipulated time sequences, have appeared in national magazines
such as Photographer's Forum, Photo Metro
and Photo Review, and locally in the Boston Globe,
ArtsMedia, the Weekly Dig and the Boston
Phoenix." - excerpted from an article by
Susie Davidson in The Advocate (appearing online at
angelfire.com), entitled "Photographer Paul Weiner
curates Zeitgeist exhibit"
See and read more about Weiner's work from sites about some
past shows:
NYArts Magazine,
Fulton Street Gallery,
Period Gallery