These Things or the Memory of Them: Jennifer Bock-Nelson, Kelly Mueller and Amy Sacksteder
(from top to bottom) K. Mueller: linen napkins starched and pressed, 2004. A. Sacksteder: offerings to a past self, 2004. J. Bock-Nelson: unraveling #5 (allison's accident).
ON VIEW: March 26 – April 24, 2004
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, March 26 from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
ThreeWalls is pleased to present “These Things Or The Memory Of Them” a group thematic exhibition featuring the recent work of emerging Chicago area artists Jennifer Bock-Nelson, Kelly Mueller and Amy Sacksteder. The exhibition will feature paintings, some with elements of installation. “These Things Or The Memory Of Them” opens on Friday, March 26 and continues through Saturday, April 24, 2004. There will be free public opening reception for the exhibition at ThreeWalls, 119 North Peoria, Chicago on Friday, March 26 from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Using painting and installation to address both personal and shared memory, Bock-Nelson, Mueller, and Sacksteder visually dramatize how remembrance is processed, enculturated and lamented. Jennifer Bock-Nelson's work magnifies fragments of isolated experiences in individual paintings which, when grouped together, comprise a framework for assembling memory. Kelly Mueller's work uses pattern to questions societal conventions such as gender roles, social etiquette, and traditional ceremony. Engaged with childhood artifacts, Sacksteder’s struggle to recreate youthful play tempered by an adult’s lived experience explores that loss of innocence.
Links:
Jennifer Bock-Nelson's Website
Kelly A. Mueller represented by Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
K. Mueller: Untitled (Lead, Follow), 2004.
J. Bock-Nelson: unraveling # 10 (elementary), 2004.
A. Sacksteder: side ways, 2004.