For To (XI), 2021
Valeska Soaresexpand_more
Collage of antique book pages; diptychexpand_more
Gift of funds from Mary and Bob Merskyexpand_more 2021.65.2a,b
Not on Viewexpand_more
Found and repurposed material are the focus of Valeska Soares’ wide-ranging practice, which encompasses sculpture, assemblage, installation art, collage, drawing, photography, and video. Soares regularly uses found books and parts of books to explore the subjective constructs of experience and consciousness, such as perceptions of time, space, and memory. Soares’ collage, For To (XI), is part of a series of works featuring dedication pages torn from various antique books and arranged into distinctive geometric formations. In this presentation, the pages offer a glimpse of the preserved but mostly forgotten personal histories of the authors and gift givers, whose inscriptions tell of love, gratitude, honor, and admiration. Evoking nostalgia, intimacy, and the transience of time, Soares’ collage reveals her fascination with, in her own words, “the lives and memories [of others], becoming for a moment in time, part of those personal narratives as each one travels from subject to subject.”
Details
- Title
- For To (XI)
- Artist Life
- born 1957
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2021.65.2a,b
- Curator Approved
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