UP CLOSE AT A DISTANCE

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Artist: Sharon Webster

Title: UP CLOSE AT A DISTANCE

Attribution: Up Close At A Distance, 2015, Sharon Webster

Year: 2015

Materials: Painted wood, twine, transparent blouse, colored photo of handwritten script

Dimensions: 21 in x 42 in x 7 in.

Image Statement: The red window frame holds the shape of protection and intimacy. It is a frame to view and commune with a loved one who has passed on. I use it to create order from chaos and act as a lens through which to conjure and dream. A transparent blouse allows for seeing past the surface. My mom’s handwritten script, “Much,” from her typical sign-off, “Much Love” is hung upside down so it can be read from heaven. I shortened it to “Much” because one meaning was not enough. Memory is enlarged and sewn in blue thread across the window frame.