Fresh A.I.R. Gallery is pleased to present Grandmother's Curtains, mixed media installation by Sabrina Chapman.
An opening reception with the artist will take place on Wednesday October 8, 2008 from 5:30pm – 7:00pm. The exhibit will continue through October 31. The reception is free and open to the public.
An opening reception with the artist will take place on Wednesday October 8, 2008 from 5:30pm – 7:00pm. The exhibit will continue through October 31. The reception is free and open to the public.
The exhibit "Grandmother's Curtains" encompasses a tragic story which hit Sabrina Chapman's family about a year ago. Her sister, who is bipolar, was poorly medicated by a state agency and was struggling with alcoholism, was in a house fire. It was her grandparent’s house. She was badly burned and the house burnt to the ground. A lot of memories that were lost. Her Grandmother always had the most beautiful curtains. She remembers the way the white shears would play against the rays of light coming through the bay window.
Sabrina Chapman's art is about time, process, material, the aesthetic form, sentimental nostalgia, composition, deeper questioning. She organizes objects collected into 2 and 3 dimensional forms. She finds these objects in her dad’s basement, grandmother’s attic, garage sales, thrift stores, even street markets in Paris and Madrid. She identifies with these objects; in pieces scattered over the world, she finds the pieces of herself.
Carefully compiling compositions of found objects to awaken and encourage the viewer to question the objects he or she engages with in his or her life as well as arouse a multitude of deeper questioning.
