EXHIBITION AT NATIONAL ARTS
CLUB BY SARA SILL
CELEBRATES
TRADITIONAL COLLAGE TECHNIQUES
“Sweet
Rambles and Spacious Reveries,” an exhibition of work in
mixed-media by artist Sara Sill, will be on public view at
The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South at 20th
Street from May 19 - June 1,
2004.
The exhibition, Sill’s second
at The National Arts Club, is a celebration of traditional
collage techniques and encompasses works inspired by her
travels abroad, as well as her unique introspective
sojourns.
While
the digital age has spawned a vast array of possibilities
for manipulating images electronically, Sill prefers to
create photo-collages the traditional way, with scissors,
glue, colored pencils and paint. Using these “low-tech”
methods, she transforms images from photographs taken with a
simple point-and-shoot camera into evocative, mood-filled
paintings.
Sill's
interests in architecture and music are apparent in her
work. She is inspired by graphic patterns of shapes,
shadows and colors that characterize a particular place. She
picks up on the rhythmic components of a landscape or scene,
illuminating its musical qualities. Her representational
collages are filled with visual puns and subtle details. “My
work is meant to be enjoyed on many levels,” she says. “I
want the viewers to be moved immediately by the whole, yet,
when they look more closely, they will see that it is made
up of separate stories.”
The
title of her show comes from an Emily Dickinson quote, “I hope your rambles have
been sweet and your reveries spacious.” According to Sill, “it
described perfectly the content of my works, which are about
the joys of traveling, daydreaming, and most importantly
having the space for self-expression.”
Images may be viewed by clicking
here.
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