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Kathleen Sherin
Opening Reception May 3rd
May 3rd to June 5th
www.ksherin.com
My prints utilize abstracted forms that
reference human biology and its processes and develop as
poetic ruminations on the nature of being human. Drawing
reference from years as an ER nurse I have developed a
layered view of people – as amalgamations of diagrammatic
processes, as seen in textbooks, and as complex
psychological entities. In my work I address this dual
nature of being human, where contrasts of physicality and
thought play shifting roles in our psyche and where
intuition can collide with reason. My assembled prints pair
contrasting spaces and contain symbolic images which
visually engage with the edges.
This ongoing contemplations on the nature of defining
humanity and the role that these borders or boundaries play.
has been translated into both image and process. Prints are
literally dissected (cut apart) and parts recombined to pair
contrasting elements which are treated as “wholes”
(summation of parts)
As societal metaphors - borders and boundaries bring to mind
notions of national security, immigration issues, war and
aggression – notions of self and other existing across a
“boundary”. On a more personal level advances in medicine
have made it inevitable that the protective border of our
bodies will likely be crossed by X-rays, MRI’s, sonic waves,
drugs and or lasers.
Upcoming: June
Artist
June 7th Opening
- Tim Moran
Tim Mirand’s seemingly whimsical sculptural
collages intrigue, bemuse and ignite the imagination.
Playful, colorful and visually complex,
Mirand’s work offers the viewer an opportunity to re-imagine
the everyday. By configuring and reconfiguring both random
and familiar objects, his work challenges our expected
precepts in unexpected, but oddly sensible, ways. Sometimes
working with a preconceived idea and sometimes just letting
the piece find its own way, Mirand gathers disparate found
and scavenged objects and joins them together to tell a
story, evoke a mood or lead the viewer down their own path
of discovery and invention.
Mirand has been working on collages of this
type for about 15 years. Though he first became interested
in the idea of gathering objects to tell a story “when I was
in middle school and did civil war battle re-enactments for
class. I guess I’ve always been putting things together,” he
says. “This is fueled by my passion to collect, gather,
stare and arrange to tell a story or explore an idea. I have
always been drawn to the work of Kandinsky and Miro. I’m
attracted to their colors and use of shapes.”
Tim Mirand is a native Western New Yorker
and proud resident of the Elmwood Village.
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