Reese Gallery: Friday, 28 August 2015
JAN GILBERT &
DEBRA HOWELL
THE VESTIGES
PROJECT: MARKING
MEMORIES, 2005-2015
Opening Reception:
Friday, August 28th from 6 pm to 9 pm
Artists' Remarks
Opening Night at 6:30
Exhibition Runs August 28th to September 30th, 2015
The VESTIGES
Project is a collaborative, multi-disciplinary exploration of memory,loss,
transition, and expectation in the wake of the 10-year wake of hurricane
Katrina and subsequent BP oil spill, which devastated the region. In
"Marking Memories 2005-2015" gulf coast artists Jan Gilbert and
Debra Howell create installations that, in their own words, function
"both as a respository and an investigation: of our collective memory and
identity; of the influence of our culture in our memories; of the relationship
between our memories and our history." Jan Gilbert and Debra
Howell of the VESTIGES Project, approach their gallery space similar to
that of a memory container jar. They bring in open ended memories, poignant
objects, and stilled images like unanswered questions for all to ponder
collectively. Their work opens the door to discussion on topics of social
awareness, coastal wetland protection, solastalgia (psychological distress due
to environmental changes, community sustainability, natural disasters and the
role of empathy in contemporary society.
Make a Memory Jar
What is your story,
your transformation, the moment in life that needs holding, conserving or just
further contemplation? Pick up a mason jar from Reese Gallery and fill it
with an abstract (or realistic) representation of your memory. Any simple
material, jar-sized sculpture or found objects welcome. Each memory jar
will have a label to write out the memory in as many or few words needed.
Pick up a jar on Sunday August 23rd or Wednesday August 26th from 1 to 4 pm.
Bring the jar back opening night or leave in the "memory jar crate"
outside the front door. Many apologies but we can't be responsible for
lost or stolen memories if left in the crate. Reese Gallery is making a
special call of gulf coast transplants to St. Louis.
Hours: Wednesday & Saturday 1 pm to 4 pm. Please call for an appointment outside of open hours.
REESEgallery
3410 Wisconsin Avenue
Saint Louis MO 63118
314.954.7638
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