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| Cocktails Acrylic, collage on paper 7" x 5" ©2011NanciHersh |
This piece is floated on archival white mat board and framed with a blonde ash molding. Pages from the past offering up a recipe for the imagination.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Pages from the Past with a Story of its Own
Reading a recipe is the start of a narrative with a life of its own. Another page from the Ladies Luncheon book I picked off the curb when my neighbors moved away, another idea to chew on. (ok, ok)
More on view at Willow on State in Kennett Square, PA.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Only in Art- Fancy Cakes without the Calories
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| Wayne Thiebaud, 1963 Oil on canvas |
I have always been seduced by Wayne Thiebaud's paintings and prints of cakes and pies, his lush color and graphic composition. There is also a sense of nostalgia in those rows of desserts that remind me of the NJ Diners I would frequent growing up. The ritual of sitting down to a meal and the narrative that goes along with that particular time and place has been a part of my work over the years.
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| Fancy Cakes Digital print on hand made paper with inclusions 14" x 11" ©2011NanciHersh |
Monday, October 17, 2011
A Matter of TIme
Time is a funny thing. It seems like it's moving way too fast, like when you are having a great time or on vacation. Or way too slow, anticipation, waiting for .... whatever that is.
Time is often a reoccuring theme in my work. Passing of time, collecting moments, waiting, aging.
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| A Matter of Time Encaustic, collage on hand made paper with inclusions 6" x 4" ©2011NanciHersh |
This handmade paper collage with encaustic was created one warm day as I was farther along the healing process from surgery... a matter of time.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Body as an Open Book
Body As an Open Book is from a series of mixed media prints using photographs of my body that were taking before and during treatment for breast cancer. It is currently part of my exhibition at Willow on State in Kennett Square, PA.
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| Body as an Open Book Digital print on hand made paper with collage 10" x 22" ©2011NanciHersh |
It's easy to feel like a specimen rather than a person as you move through all the stages from diagnosis to healing. And, there is no recipe for getting through the physical and emotional trauma of any life altering experience.
But I found, that the more I made work about it, the more control I felt I had of the situation. Focusing on process. finding images and various materials that intuitively felt right with each piece helped me find distance, healing and even the lighter side of life.
What connection do you see between my body and the elements incorporated into the piece?
Monday, October 10, 2011
Up & Running at Willow on State
Our show is up and running at Willow on State in Kennett Square, PA.
November 4, 2011 is the next one. Nathan Laing, Maya Winters, and myself will be there along with FishCastle; original music by Cyril Caster and Catherine Braik Selin.
Featured at the gallery are mixed media prints, collages and sculptures from my Body as an Open Book, and Inherently Found Series.
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| Prints, paper, dried pulp on wire, encaustic, collage Flotsam & Jetsam speak of what we inherit, what we hold onto, and what clings to us ©2011NanciHersh |
Nathan Laing of Habitat Studios has photographic collage prints hanging upstairs of the gallery and Maya Winters has her allegorical paintings on the street level.
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| Nathan Laing at Willow on State |
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| Maya Winters at Willow on State |
There are also alot of great hand made items- jewelry, pottery, altered books and vintage and retro collectibles. Owners, Sandy Mayer & Hillary Sculthorpe bring their own unique eye to pull together an exciting new vision for Kennett Square.
See you on the 4th. Be there AND Be Square (couldn't resist!)
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