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SUSAN FELDMAN : VIRGINIA'S HOUSE

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Channel: ERIC MINH SWENSON ART FILMS · 2018 · Education

A new film by Eric Minh Swenson

TWO WOMAN SHOWCASE EXPLORES IMPERMANENCE AND LEGACY IN WALK-THROUGH INSTALLATION & WORKS ON CANVAS

Curated by Shana Nys Dambrot

Art Share-LA is proud to present “Foundation”, a two-woman show featuring the works of Susan Feldman Tucker and Melinda R. Smith. Together, Melinda, an oil painter, and Susan, a mixed-media artist who works primarily with found wood, explore one of the most important concepts in our lives: Home, what it means, how it defines us, and how the sense of it can elude us.

For “Foundation,” Susan will be taking us into the fully-immersive walkthrough installation, “Virginia’s House,” exhibiting for the first time in a gallery setting. The installation was originally built in Susan’s studio out of pieces of an abandoned house that held a special place in her heart. Now, Susan has disassembled the exhibit piece by piece, and rebuilt it in its entirety at Art Share.
“For 20 years, whenever I would visit my best friend I would eye the little old house that stood next door,” explains Susan. “I knew an elderly woman lived there, alone, and that was all I knew. In my mind, I called her Virginia.” One day, Susan arrived at her friend’s house to discover that “Virginia” had died and her home was being torn down. She says, “I quickly jumped out of my car and went inside the soon to be empty shell and began collecting pieces of the house wood and shooting pictures of the demolition. I went back several times, wandering thru the ruins, collecting debris as I went. I brought it all back to my studio and began making mixed media pieces out of Virginia’s house, using the wood I had found there, along with my images.”

She then continued to actually rebuild much of Virginia’s house in her own studio, in such detail that it was impossible to actually exhibit it anywhere except there—until now.

Foundation will be on view from May 2 – May 27, 2018, with an opening reception on May 5 7-10pm. ArtShare is located at 801 E. 4th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90013.

For more info on Eric Minh Swenson visit his website at emsartscene.com.

EMS Legacy Films is a continuing series of short films produced by EMS on artists and exhibitions.

His art films can be seen at https://vimeo.com/channels/76542

Instagram : @ericminhswenson

Eric Minh Swenson also covers the international art scene and his writings and photo essays can be seen at Huffington Post Arts : http://m.huffpost.com/us/author/eric-minh-swenson/

SUSAN FELDMAN : VIRGINIA'S HOUSE

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