With a somber beach scene at its center, Grief Island reimagines and makes tangible the isolation and self-indulgence that arrives in the aftermath of crushing loss.
At the start of 2020, I began turning my gouache paintings,
inspired by family photographs, into weavings. These works seek to
expand the affective possibilities of what photographs communicate. In Grief Island, I expand this body of work, experimenting with the forms of
sculpture and installation by attaching woven portraits on canvas to
collapsible beach chair frames, which sit on 400 pounds of sand in the
middle of the storefront. The inclusion of sentimental items such as a
red Coleman cooler from my youth and crushed cans of “Grief Tonic”
further contribute to the transformation of the space into a site of
grieving and remembering.
