Lynne Parks
USA (United States)
musingrelics.com
Kunstart: Skulptur
Technik: Materialmix
Statement:
I have long been fascinated by the multiple orientations afforded us by wonder cabinets, and I am much inspired by Kurt Schwitters' exquisitely composed refuse, Joseph Cornell's theatrical boxes and Louise Nevelson's assembled abstracts. I, too, collect found objects and play with their reactability in the studio/laboratory, intrigued both by what they disclose and by the investigation of infinitesimal qualities, Duchamp's inframince.
As a child, I explored the unfamiliar and forgotten objects cluttered in my parents' drawers. Many afternoon hours were spent guessing at their practical usage, often as not imagining unlikely ones and imbuing them with life. The fountain pen nibs, defunct cigarette lighters, sewing machine parts and broken jewelry were my "plastic animals." My father's horological tools were especially evocative, later I was entranced with his beautiful landscape designs. My brother Bob and I read mythology together and I appropriated the notion of composite beasts.
I am drawn to the discarded, forgotten, and obsolete which are by no means inert. I collect fragments found in the marginal spaces of alleys and abandoned buildings, trash heaps and flea market bins.
Contained within my pieces are vessels and aberrant anatomies, seemingly disparate objects enthralled by shared qualities. Contrasting textures compliment or irritate, there are harmonies and tensions. The life of objects reflects our own desires, sensuality and procreation and also what might be tangled, corroded or broken within. Process and transformation are revealed in decay, there are revelries to be found in dust.
Contextual reciprocities unite my assemblages, photos and writing. I am a self-taught visual artist much indebted to my husband Chris's knowledge, collaboration and encouragement.
Vita / Lebenslauf:
Lynne Parks was born and raised in Northern Virginia, she now resides in Baltimore, MD
BA from Hollins University, independent major in creative writing/theater/film studies
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