Label Text:
Label text from “The Art of Collecting: Contemporary Prints from the Risa Gerrig Collection,” September 10 – October 12, 2014:
Dill explores the role of language in masking and revealing the soul, addressing the materiality of language and its intrinsic connection to human form. The artist melds words and phrases with symbolic imagery to highlight this relationship. In this print two common motifs within her work, leaves and a skeleton, emerge. The skeleton represents the human soul while the leaves serve as metaphors for skin. Letters scattered across the page communicate a sense of joy and celebration, offering a window into the soul. A single thread drapes down across the image, alluding to the complicated tapestry formed by language through its role in expressing the human mind, body, and spirit. - Felicia Bolaske (B.A. ‘14)
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https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=UM+2013.38 |
