Ghostface
Ghostface (2019) aims to draw attention to the female practice of internalizing loud feelings for fear of being deemed hysterical. But it also hopes to suggest that there is a type of quiet power that can be harnessed through the delicate art of holding back. The show featured five laser-cut drawings that are suspended between panes of glass and held over a muted, flickering light. Difficult to photograph, the pieces must be experienced in person, within the confines of the darkened gallery space. Like a spider's web caught in sunlight, the drawings are nearly completely invisible until suddenly they aren't.
Ghostface I, 2019, laser-cut on glass with hand-made frame, 21.5 x 17.5 x 2.5 inches
Ghostface II, 2019, laser-cut on glass with hand-made frame, 21.5 x 17.5 x 2.5 inches
Ghostface III, 2019, laser-cut on glass with hand-made frame, 21.5 x 17.5 x 2.5 inches
Glass Gaze, 2019, laser-cut on glass with a light-box base 24 x 17.75 x 17.75 inches
Glass Dragon, 2019, laser-cut on glass with a light-box base 24 x 17.75 x 17.75 inches
Ghostface, 2019, installation at Tjaden Experimental Gallery, Ithaca, New York, day
Ghostface, 2019, installation at Tjaden Experimental Gallery, Ithaca, New York, night