NATURAL IMPRESSIONS
The 64 artists from 22 different nationalities selected for this exhibition not only enrich our consensus on artistic expression and cultural perspective but also expand our understanding of nature and its representation in the arts. This reflective approach challenges established conventions, allowing for diverse interpretations and representations of the world. It awakens human consciousness to the source of inspiration that the capacity to imagine represents, encouraging the audience to reflect on their relationship with the world and recognize the importance of art as a profound connection with the intrinsic essence of humanity.
The 64 artists from 22 different nationalities selected for this exhibition not only enrich our consensus on artistic expression and cultural perspective but also expand our understanding of nature and its representation in the arts. This reflective approach challenges established conventions, allowing for diverse interpretations and representations of the world. It awakens human consciousness to the source of inspiration that the capacity to imagine represents, encouraging the audience to reflect on their relationship with the world and recognize the importance of art as a profound connection with the intrinsic essence of humanity.
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LINDA FRIEDMAN SCHMIDT
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, USA
CHAMELEONS AND EYE, 2022
Discarded clothing and faux skin
16 x 16 in (40.6 x 40.6 cm)
Linda Friedman Schmidt is a textile
artist who deeply concerns herself with
both the inner and outer environments.
Her artistic practice revolves around
creating portraits using discarded
clothing and found objects, which
serve as an emotional mirror. Having
grown up surrounded by trauma, she
experienced vulnerability and saw
the world as a dark place filled with
underlying danger. The present-day
threats of climate change, forest fires,
earthquakes, and chemical spills
have reawakened past fears within
her. Survival, protection, and safety
are prominent themes in her artwork,
alongside a profound reverence and
respect for nature and all living beings.
Worn clothes, much like many of us,
bear the marks of vulnerability, tears,
stress, strain, and damage, reflecting
the emotions many have experienced
in recent years. Through a process
of deconstruction and reconstruction,
she rescues, recycles, and breathes
new life into unwanted clothing,
found objects, and herself. She
delves into the act of mending, both
as a physical and symbolic gesture
that addresses individual and social
traumas. At the core of her creative
process lies the arrangement and
rearrangement of pieces, culminating
in the creation of something better
and new. Metaphorically, she repairs
a fragmented, fractured, and broken
self, while also rebuilding a fractured
world. She fosters unity from diversity,
intertwining the energy of numerous
elements with her own, melding
countless fragments to form a new
whole that surpasses the sum of its
parts.
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COVERED UP, 2022
Discarded clothing, pantyhose, photo, yarn, thread
34 x 30 x 3 in (86.3 x 76.2 x 7.6 cm)
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