"Remnants & Residual Memories"January 11 to February 11, 2010
Artist reception Thursday, January 21, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Finlandia University Art Gallery, 601 Quincy Street, Hancock, MI
Philadelphia artist Melinda Steffy's current painting/textile/objects draw from her interests in memory, mythology, alchemy, geology, family history, and music. Based on the belief that materials retain meaning from their previous uses, items like antique lace, the spice turmeric, tarnished copper, dead ladybugs, and found barrettes make their way into rhythmic visual compositions that consider questions of memory, the loss of memory, and the construction of systems that sustain memory.
