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.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Hankie project opens today
Well the opening day is here. The works are all hung, I will post some photos tomorrow.I will go in to the gallery now and clean and then figure out how to display 150 artist statements ??? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks to all the artists for your participation in this wonderful display of grief and loss. Love Juliexxx
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best of luck with the show. i really appreciate your including all the hankies on the blog. i wish i could be there. thanks,
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Julie: Thanks for everything. Here's my statement. "This is a photograph of my father, Sam, holding me when I am 2. He died in 1990, too young at 71. His untimely passing has influenced all of my work since then. There are so many questions I have to ask him still. His love is in me." Louise
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