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Seven
Gates of Ritual
An
installation of charcoal drawings and artists' books
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images below )
This installation is available
for exhibition at
galleries and museums.
This
installation was a year in progress. It represents
the development of an idea that began with my love
for charcoal drawings and a growing fascination
with artists' books.
Bringing
the two mediums together creates a symbiotic relationship.
The power of the large scale visual image is enhanced
by the intimacy of the hand held book. The pairing
together of these two mediums in The Seven Gates
of Ritual invites the viewer on a primal journey
into the self.
Image of the Installation
The
concept of "gate" in this installation
refers to a symbolic rather than a physical threshold:
a time of change, of crossing over into a new place,
of awareness.
Using
a rich language of personal imagery, rituals are
explored that are inherently archetypal: birth and
death, parenthood, the search for spirituality,
the discovery and development of self. In this way,
the artist's exploration becomes the viewer's own.
Each
of the seven drawings and accompanying books represents
a specific gate, and may be viewed sequentially
or at random. The books are designed to be examined
page by page, volume by volume - itself a ritualistic
process.
The
Seven Gates are foremost my own gates of ritual,
but it is my intention that they represent universal
ideas. You may find yourself drawn to one more
than another, suggesting you are at a specific stage
in your own life. About the
Books
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