location: 2888 east
walnut street | studio 10 | pasadena ca 91107
hours:
thr, fri & sat 12p to 5p |
and by appointment
phone: 3 2 3 . 2 2 5 . 2 2 2 9
CURRENT
EXHIBITION
05.06.10
to 06.05.10
D JEAN HESTER: You Know I Love You, Right?
artist reception: sun 05.09.10 | 4p to 7p
artist talk/closing reception: sat 06.05.10 | 3p to 5p
• Consisting of drawings, installation and a database-driven participative project, this body of work tackles serious issues concerning love, loss, regret, unanswerable questions and mortality. The artist asks, “What traces and evidence do we leave behind? What residue clings to the remnants of a life lived? What stories and emotions attach themselves to the most mundane of possessions – scarves, mugs, toothbrushes, spools of thread, stacks of books, drawers full of greeting cards received? For those of us left behind, how do we face those remnants? What do we do with the unfinished business? What about all those questions we meant to ask? Or the questions we never even realized we had? Those questions whose answers are forever lost to us?” Of particular interest to the artist is humankind’s ability to persevere in the face of tragedy, be it privately or publicly, interpersonally or globally. There is hope to be found, in spite of relentless challenges. This is the catalyst for D. Jean Hester’s artistic practice and a point of departure into a multi-media investigation.
Visit Hester's project website to participate in her online project:
