This project was borne out of the recent sudden death of my father, a handkerchief, some emotive words written by a sibling on his death and the traumatic aftermath of a death processed according to particular societal and cultural mores. Interested artists and Individuals are invited to create an artwork on a handkerchief (any handkerchief not necessarily a man's) based around death/grief/bereavement and return it to me by mid July 2011 for inclusion in a show in Melbourne in August, 2011
Please note that due to the subject matter of this project (death/grief) some of the images on this blog might be disturbing.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Tricia Smout
I used a handkerchief from my childhood and dedicated it to the memory of my parents – the most loving, caring parents there could ever be. I wrote “ a life that touches the hearts of others goes on forever” because I will certainly never forget them, and neither will my children. The hankie is creased into 16 squares in memory of the way my mother used to neatly press my handkerchiefs four times so they fitted into my pockets.
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