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THE WORK OF SARAH KNOUSE,
SHOWN AT THE
"2ND BIENNIAL ''ARTISTS OF ART SALON'' EXHIBITION" EXHIBITION
SARAH KNOUSE HAS PRESENTED AT THE FOLLOWING ART SALON:
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CONTACT INFORMATION
ARTIST'S E-MAIL: sarah_knouse@yahoo.com
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MEDIUMS EXPLORED:
sculpture
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ARTISTS STATEMENT
Through my art making practice I combine notions of quotidian household surroundings with those of the ephemeral or surreal. This is a symptom of my fascination in our culture’s relationship with decoration and surface treatment. Of particular intrigue to me is the woven doily. As an object of inheritance, I find it both endearing and alienating. The doily’s traditional function was to absorb oils from the human body in order to protect finer furniture and surroundings from the wear of daily life - a sheath of sorts. The works Cerement and Gossamer Daphne imagine the doily as a second skin, or membrane between these conflicting realms of romanticism and reality. These pieces are made with reverence to the joy and toil that so deeply impacts my memory of my grandmother. Moving her hands with laboring gestures in service of crocheted decorations for the home provided her with a distinct sense of fulfillment and identity. When she lost the ability to move her hands, I was witness to a new type of death and an unprecedented category of grief – the ultimate reality from which no object can provide protection. Through my own process of making I seek to understand, celebrate, mourn, and memorialize the life of my grandmother. Where some might simply see the kitsch nature of an antiquated ornamental device, I feel the physical memory of a meaningful human presence.
Sarah Knouse is a sculptor, designer, and arts educator. She holds an MFA from CUNY Hunter College. Sarah has exhibited her sculptures internationally, including a 2012 sculptural installation project hosted by the Hockney Gallery at The Royal College of Fine Art in London. She has also exhibited at the Center for Performance Research in Brooklyn, Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, Vox Populi Gallery in Philadelphia, Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, The Cultural Council of Palm Beach, and has been a featured finalist of the Young Sculptors Competition in Oxford, Ohio both in 2009 and in 2013. She was a recipient of the 2015 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual Artists from Palm Beach County. |
| SARAH KNOUSE'S ARTWORK |
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| Cerement |
| fiber, resin |
| 96"L x 38"W x 44"H |
| 8000 |
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| Gossamer Daphne |
| thread, resin |
| 44"L x 44"W x 69"H |
| 4000 |
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