Pair / Pairs
Using photographs culled from my family photo archive, Pair / Pairs are a play-on-words with text of objects that come in or as pairs overlaying the pair of people depicted in the photograph. The cheeky and colorful collages borrow objects of domesticity: images of flowers, a single dash of embroidery thread, a page from a 1947 Encyclopedia Brittanica, jewels and vintage cookbook recipes, to name a few. These images evoke a shared nostalgia, questioning the language of domesticity, memory of the home, and sense of place in history.
Chopsticks/Chicks, 2020 Acrylic, archival inkjet print, embroidery thread, ink, magazine, marker, sticker, vellum, and vintage recipe on watercolor paper 14 x 11 inches
Crutches/He, 2020 Acrylic, archival pigment print, catalog, embroidery thread, 1947 Encyclopedia Brittanica, ink, magazine, marker, sticker and vellum on watercolor paper 14 x 11 inches
Ballet Shoes/Lets, 2020 Acrylic, archival pigment print, embroidery thread, 1947 Encyclopedia Brittanica, magazine, marker, and sticker on watercolor paper 14 x 11 inches
"Dice/Ice, 2020 Acrylic, archival inkjet print, auction catalog, embroidery thread, 1947 Encyclopedia Brittanica, ink, marker, sticker, vellum, and vintage coloring book on watercolor paper 14 x 11 inches "
Eyes/Yes, 2020 Acrylic, archival inkjet print, colored pencil, embroidery thread, 1947 Encyclopedia Britannica, gouache, magazine, marker, sticker, and vintage cookbook on watercolor paper 14 x 11 inches
Glove/Love, 2020 Acrylic, archival inkjet print, auction catalog, embroidery thread, 1947 Encyclopedia Britannica, magazine, marker, and sticker on watercolor paper 14 x 11 inches
Knitting Needles/Needing, 2020 Acrylic, archival inkjet print, auction catalog, embroidery thread, gouache, magazine, marker, sticker and vintage cookbook on watercolor paper 14 x 11 inches
Pants/Pan, 2020 Acrylic, archival inkjet print, Chianti wine label, embroidery thread, 1947 Encyclopedia Britannica, ink, marker, sticker, and vellum on watercolor paper 14 x 11 inches
Shoes/She, 2020 Acrylic, archival inkjet print, embroidery thread, 1947 Encyclopedia Brittanica, ink, magazine, marker, sticker, and vellum on watercolor paper 14 x 11 inches
Wings/Win, 2020 Acrylic, archival pigment print, embroidery thread, 1947 Encyclopedia Brittanica, ink, magazine, marker, sticker and vellum on watercolor paper 14 x 11 inches
