Amphora

2020 SOLO EXHIBITION WITH TALKING DOLLS

AMPHORA ARE VESSELS OF ANTIQUITY AND EASILY RECOGNIZABLE. I FELL BACK ONTO TRANSITIONAL FORMS DURING THIS TIME OF CHAOS BECAUSE I FELT LIKE IT GROUNDED ME MENTALLY. I WAS HOLDING ONTO SOMETHING VISUALLY FAMILIAR. WHEN I SEE THEM, I IMAGINE THEM FLOATING IN AN ENDLESS SEA OF CHAOS, CARRYING PRECIOUS OILS.

BUT THESE FORMS WILL NEVER CARRY ANYTHING PRECIOUS. THEY ONLY HOLD ONTO THE SMOKE FROM RAGING FIRES.
DURING THIS TIME IN QUARANTINE, I REALIZED THE COMMUNITY THAT I HAD LOST, SO THE PIECES BECAME MY METAPHORICAL HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. EACH IS AN INDIVIDUAL, SHOWING EFFECTS OF CHAOS AND LOSS. EACH PIECE SHOWING THEIR DAMAGE AND CRACKS, BUT IN THE END, ALL ARE BEAUTIFUL FOR GOING THROUGH IT.