unearthed
Solo Exhibition by
Alison Mosher
Exhibition Dates
Friday, Sept. 4th-27th
Artist Statement
I explore the layers of loss experienced throughout my life, as well as the ways specific moments and people imprint on me. My paintings draw from my family archive of photographs to honor the ways that memories have shaped me, while reframing them to include the skeletons of loss that haunt them. They are self portraits of my reflections on belonging and disconnection.
My work utilizes the process of cyanotype, which physically imprints the photograph onto the canvas as a backdrop of truth, and "oil wiping," which involves quickly removing a layer of oil paint to reveal parts of a protected layer beneath. Both processes have hazy qualities and imperfections to question truths and withhold information.
There are secrets embedded into my paintings that even I still cannot access, like letters written in Japanese between my mother and grandmother. During the painting process, I never know exactly which parts of the underpainting will be revealed in the final image. All of my paintings represent lost information and how that affects my present lived experience. I aim to reclaim agency for myself within the narratives of photos, and broaden the truth of photography to include my own lived experiences. I create burials to show snippets of a life and represent the preciousness of the final state of burial and remembrance.
I explore the layers of loss experienced throughout my life, as well as the ways specific moments and people imprint on me. My paintings draw from my family archive of photographs to honor the ways that memories have shaped me, while reframing them to include the skeletons of loss that haunt them. They are self portraits of my reflections on belonging and disconnection.
My work utilizes the process of cyanotype, which physically imprints the photograph onto the canvas as a backdrop of truth, and "oil wiping," which involves quickly removing a layer of oil paint to reveal parts of a protected layer beneath. Both processes have hazy qualities and imperfections to question truths and withhold information.
There are secrets embedded into my paintings that even I still cannot access, like letters written in Japanese between my mother and grandmother. During the painting process, I never know exactly which parts of the underpainting will be revealed in the final image. All of my paintings represent lost information and how that affects my present lived experience. I aim to reclaim agency for myself within the narratives of photos, and broaden the truth of photography to include my own lived experiences. I create burials to show snippets of a life and represent the preciousness of the final state of burial and remembrance.
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