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Helen L. SturgessMemory and loss are recurring themes inmy work, as are <strong>at</strong>tendant feelings ofnostalgia, despair, isol<strong>at</strong>ion andvulnerability. A fascin<strong>at</strong>ion with memoryand other thought processes extends to theways we reinforce and retain positivememories and associ<strong>at</strong>ions, as well as howwe avoid confronting the unpleasant.I want to make thought visible, from thesubversive and repugnant to the sacred orheroic. In investig<strong>at</strong>ing the n<strong>at</strong>ure ofthought and memory, I am trying to maketangible some of the most fleeting orrepressed. Much of my work is small inscale, reflecting the interior landscape I amexploring – tiny worlds where one is leftoutside peering in. In Dark M<strong>at</strong>ter I havereversed th<strong>at</strong> – a scale so large th<strong>at</strong> oneinhabits a drawn world of thought.Memoria e perdita sono temi ricorrenti nelmio lavoro, così come i concomitantisentimenti di nostalgia, disperazione,isolamento e vulnerabilità. L’interesse perla memoria ed altri processi di pensiero siestende ai modi in cui rafforziamo econserviamo ricordi ed associazioni positive,così come a quelli con cui evitiamo diaffrontare quelli spiacevoli.Voglio rendere visibile il pensiero, dalsovversivo e ripugnante al sacro o l’eroico.Nell’indagare la n<strong>at</strong>ura del pensiero e dellamemoria, cerco di rendere tangibili alcunedelle cose più fugaci o represse. Molto delmio lavoro è di piccola scala, riflettendo ilpaesaggio interiore che sto esplorando –minuscoli mondi cui non si può guardareche dall’esterno. In Dark M<strong>at</strong>ter hocapovolto l’approccio – una scala cosìgrande che ci si trova ad abitare un mondodisegn<strong>at</strong>o di pensiero.Black <strong>2010</strong>plasticine on column, dimensions variable42Fine Arts <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>2010</strong>

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