Empty Chairs
As part of Sculpture Square Artist-in-Residence 2011
What lies in the memory of a personal object? Do you remember your favourite toy, that wooden chair you sat on, that table where you spent countless hours drawing on? Memories don't just fade away but are subconsciously embedded in us.
In this exhibition, the artist explores the presence and/or absence of her personal memory by sculpting household objects and toys using paper. The fragile and ephemeral nature of the paper sculptures highlights the weakness and endurance of memory. The whiteness of the artist's works evokes a sense of loss and implies a life now bygone but one that was full of stories and memories.
Memories are fragile and they diminish quickly. As the representation of the artist's memories is constantly being defined and shaped by her own experiences, she has chosen to recover them in concrete forms. Like memories, paper is fragile. But in its fragility, rises a sense of strength and resilience. And it is this same strength that inspires us to keep traces of our memories so that even in their absence, we can still live.
In this exhibition, the artist explores the presence and/or absence of her personal memory by sculpting household objects and toys using paper. The fragile and ephemeral nature of the paper sculptures highlights the weakness and endurance of memory. The whiteness of the artist's works evokes a sense of loss and implies a life now bygone but one that was full of stories and memories.
Memories are fragile and they diminish quickly. As the representation of the artist's memories is constantly being defined and shaped by her own experiences, she has chosen to recover them in concrete forms. Like memories, paper is fragile. But in its fragility, rises a sense of strength and resilience. And it is this same strength that inspires us to keep traces of our memories so that even in their absence, we can still live.
