THEA CLARK

At the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, "Guide Ropes and Live Wires: an Art Faculty exhibit, Jan 31-March 13, 2016.

Textiles, wood, asphalt shingles, 60" h x 40" w x x 26" d, 2014

For the New Disasters- July, 2014

When all that remains are memories of objects, and a longing for the functions they provided, which are indistinct, like a barely sensed dream after an early morning waking. 

Pulled from the heaps, cobbled into things that feel essential, but whose purpose are hidden as much by waste as loss. Touch after touch hands know what they knew, making by instinct, differently familiar forms in search of their connection to human activity. 

These are now in time for the new disasters.

Exhibit ”Black, White, and Green”, Gallery at 14 Maple, Morris Arts & Geraldine R Dodge Foundation, Morristown NJ, curator Katherine Murdock . 2016, from "Black, White, and Green", Gallery at 14 Maple, Morristown, NJ.

Aluminum, cardboard, textiles, wood, artificial turf, anthracite coal, found objects.

Wood, pvc, cardboard, antracite coal, tinted epoxy resin, textiles, album covers, antler, artificial grass, cyanotype on silk.

For The New Disasters

When all that remains are memories of objects, and a longing for the functions they provided, which are indistinct, like a barely sensed dream after an early morning waking. 

Pulled from the heaps, cobbled into totems that feel essential, but whose purposes are hidden as much by waste as loss. Touch after touch hands know what they knew, making by instinct, differently familiar forms in search of their connection to human activity.

These are now in time for the new disasters.

11" w x 7" d x 6.5" h, found handle, metal mesh, wood, paper mache, textiles, cyanotype on silk, artificial turf. 2014

For the New Disasters- July, 2014

When all that remains are memories of objects, and a longing for the functions they provided, which are indistinct, like a barely sensed dream after an early morning waking. 

Pulled from the heaps, cobbled into things that feel essential, but whose purpose are hidden as much by waste as loss. Touch after touch hands know what they knew, making by instinct, differently familiar forms in search of their connection to human activity. 

These are now in time for the new disasters.

2l" w x 22" h x 4"D, 2014

 sponge, coral, copper, foam, cotton string, waxed cord, acrylic fabric, acoustic tile, wood.

For the New Disasters- July, 2014

When all that remains are memories of objects, and a longing for the functions they provided, which are indistinct, like a barely sensed dream after an early morning waking. 

Pulled from the heaps, cobbled into things that feel essential, but whose purpose are hidden as much by waste as loss. Touch after touch hands know what they knew, making by instinct, differently familiar forms in search of their connection to human activity. 

These are now in time for the new disasters.