book about death - my version

A Book About Death : EACH ARTIST CONTRIBUTES 500 POST CARDS TO CREATE AN UNBOUND BOOK ABOUT DEATH.

 

AN HOMAGE TO RAY JOHNSON, A CELEBRATION OF EMILY HARVEY AND AN EXHIBITION AT THE EMILY HARVEY FOUNDATION GALLERY IN NEW YORK CITY, AN EVENT.

 

OPENING THURSDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2009

7:30 PM - 11 PM

EXHIBITION: 10 - 22 SEPTEMBER 2009.

537 Broadway NYC, NY 10012

 

The whole picture - up close and personal

 

 

I worked early into this morning on this piece, and actually hesitated sending it because i have been quite unsure about showing my art ("Are you serious?!" those who know me and my work may ask) perhaps it's because I'm going through some changes, both personal and creative. Looking back on these shots/series, i am reminded about the power of images, of photography, and how when used as a vehicle for transmitting important information, can be a powerful tool for change and transformation.

 

I still feel like the woman on the left sometimes. I look back on this whole set of images I posted back in 2005, and realize that she is and always be a part of me. Because when the medications are not adjusted properly, when i think about the battle my mother is waging against cancer, the loss of my grandmother a few months ago, her sad blue eyes and the helplessness and desperation in them touches me, and makes me realize that perhaps I'm on this difficult leg of my creative journey to push through uncertainty, face up to adversity, and trust that i will emerge a stronger and a more well defined person.

 

So if anybody will be in the gallery area, please let me know - take a photo of my postcard, send me one if you can; because if I can't be there in body, i will be there in spirit.

Done