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The Reflecting Pool of Me and You

Caroline Rust2021-01-01

ArtPop Street Gallery

ArtPop Street Gallery
Barium Springs, United States

Series in my portfolio of the last five years depict iterations of an experimentation
with garments and painting. Textiles are used metaphorically to contemplate the
human condition, reveal qualities of femininity, and explore identity. Emerging is a
visual dialogue evoking human presence and the past.
The piece selected for ArtPop 2021 is from a series that began in early 2020
entitled VOICES THAT SKIP TOWARDS NIGHT. I felt an urgency to reflect upon the
importance of relationships, bonds, remembrances of loved ones and places of
respite. Therefore, these paintings employ clothing as a veneer to suggest figures
and memory. They present scenes of vast skies, lands, or atmospheres in which
viewers may roam in their imaginations. Aiming to instill a sense of enveloping
comfort, the focus is built upon a fantasy that spirits of loved ones surround us at
night. Driven by introspection regarding my connection with my late brother and
mother, the series evolved to include a universal perspective regarding unions
between people and the ways in which we communicate with those closest to us.

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Regarding the process exercised within the works of art I create, as noted
previously, textiles are used in metaphor. However, clothing is literally
deconstructed, mounted to board as low-relief grounds, and painted upon. One
symbolic aim is to illuminate vulnerability as a source of strength. To elicit this, the
basis of Punk fashion design is activated through the deconstruction process.
Injury, like ripping apart garments, is followed by liberating mending acts, like
patching-up details, to give clothes new life. Real models of beauty get created,
based upon something damaged in which the wearer is in control. These works
exhibit the way we dismantle life-experiences then piece them back together
again to harmoniously reshape ourselves, as we move closer to becoming.
this painting is the second to commemorate my bond with my late brother and our unique
communication style.

Details

  • Title: The Reflecting Pool of Me and You
  • Creator: Caroline Rust
  • Date Created: 2021-01-01

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