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I began this series while living abroad; where I realized that a shoebox of Polaroid’s, taken since age 14,were the only clues to my American life. These paintings explore how we construct and edit our lives through photography.
The work is a broken narrative of people and places, an exploration of the fluidity of memory. The negative space in each piece represents what has been forgotten, what remains outside the camera’s lense. As watercolor cannot fix onto Denril, this fragility serves as reminder of how easily memories can be irrevocably lost.
Christy L Powers
I began this series while living abroad; where I realized that a shoebox of Polaroid’s, taken since age 14,were the only clues to my American life. These paintings explore how we construct and edit our lives through photography.
The work is a broken narrative of people and places, an exploration of the fluidity of memory. The negative space in each piece represents what has been forgotten, what remains outside the camera’s lense. As watercolor cannot fix onto Denril, this fragility serves as reminder of how easily memories can be irrevocably lost.
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Website: http://www.christypowers.org
Education
2002 B.A. Sarah Lawrence College concentration in Painting and Cultural Studies
2007 M.A. with Distinction, University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts
Exhibitions
2008
Fall Show, MadArts Gallery, Brooklyn NY
How Soon Is Now?, The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
Spring Show, MadArts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Uncommon Thread, MadArts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Australian Bookbinders, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and Queen Victoria Museum, Launceton, Tasmania
Down to Earth, Kudos Gallery, Sydney Australia
2006
Dislocation Kudos Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Fowler’s Gap, CofaSpace Gallery, Sydney Australia
9 x 5, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Museum of Contemporary Art, ICP Gallery and Kudos Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2005
Winter Show, MadArts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Autumn Show, MadArts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Summer Show, MadArts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Park Slope and Environs Open Studio Tour, Brooklyn, NY
Spring Show, MadArts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004
Winter Show, MadArts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Cootie Catcher by Anna Marra, performer, Dumbo Arts Festival
Autumn Show, MadArts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003
Emerging Artists, Here Art Center, New York, NY
2002
In Turn, Whitebox Annex, New York, NY
Solo Show, A*Space Gallery, Bronxville, NY
Residences
2008 Artists in the Marketplace at the Bronx Museum
2007 Imaging the Land International Research Institute, Fowler’s Gap, Australia
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