Nicola Ginzel: Language, Symbol, Artifact

January 20, 2013 to March 08, 2013

This exhibition is Ginzel's first museum show. A contemporary artist from New York with an esthetic sense reflecting echoes of primitive, medieval and modern art, Ginzel takes the ephemera of daily life -- common items we have discarded or disregard -- and turns them into talismans of memory, artifacts of culture and remnants of language. On one level, her work is a meditation on consciousness or an exhortation of mindfulness, a concept from Zen Buddhism. On another, it is continuous prying at the intuitive underpinnings of rational systems. These transformations of mundane ephemera remind us to hold each bit of infinity precious. A found object made of paper embroidered in such a way that the identity of the object disappears and becomes something entirely different is just one example of her process. With meticulous craftsmanship, Ginzel creates work that is provocative, enigmatic and inspiring.

Location and directions:
511 N. Water St.

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