Modes
February 2007
installation: sculpture, video and sound
Elliott Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida
The fragility of life is a major theme in my work, as well as the inevitability of change. During the firing process many of the tiles displayed on the walls warped precariously, and some cracked outright. The Chinese prayer paper is held tenuously in place by pins. The strength of these subjects and materials comes from their relationship to the timeless symbols that have recurred for years in other contexts, as well as their recurrence within my own work. The constancy we perceive in life is only the evidence of a persistent pattern.
All images Copyright Zoe Friedman