My piece ‘What I am made of’ (see pictures below) was accepted into Fresh Eye gallery’s ‘Skin’, exhibit, curated by Christopher Harrison.
It means a lot to me that this piece has been accepted into the show. It’s a very personal piece visualizing my memories growing up in Germany, carrying the burden of my country’s Nazi history, and my father’s PTSD and mental illness. It also shows happy moments – my childhood was, like that of many others, dappled. But these experiences got under my skin, became part of me and it’s up to me what I do with them. A country controlled by a ruthless, self-serving and cruel government leaves many victims and causes much damage – some more subtle and longer reaching than the other.
The exhibition will run through November 10 at
Fresh Eye Gallery, 4238 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis
Hours:
Thursday 11am – 5pm
Friday 11am – 6pm
Saturday 11am – 4pm
Sunday 11am – 4pm
Closed Monday through Wednesday
My Raku fired mixed media angel sculptures also will get an opportunity to shine. The tallest one, my piece ‘For they shall be comforted’, has been selected for the @artistry_mn ‘s 48th annual member show! I can’t wait to share it with a larger audience again – I am pretty proud of it, partially because it’s so tall (28 inches!) and I incorporated found objects.
There will be a reception and awards ceremony on Friday, November 8 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm, where 11 awards will be given out.
Artistry was formerly called the Bloomington Center for the Arts, and is located in Bloomington just south of 494, and it will be a large show worth seeing.
The two smaller angel sculptures titled ‘Compassion’ and ‘Prayer’ , and also my busts ‘Safe with me’ and Blessing’, will be part of an exhibition I’m really excited about since it is at a venue in our NE neighborhood and a much beloved landmark – the Wolf House! This house with its outdoors wolf sculptures and adventurous architecture and interior design is worth seeing just by itself, but for the weekend of November 8 through 10, it will be filled with music, visual arts and poetry, for the Autumn Art-A-Whowl Opening weekend.
Please see link to the Facebook event page here,
and the event flyer below.