ON BECOMING 50: 365 days of words encoded in eraser cut images

Opening June 11, 2009 @ 6-8pm

On view through June 13, 2009

PaulaBarr chelsea

west chelsea arts building

508/526 west 26th street • 9G

new york, ny 10001                                  

http://www.paulabarrchelsea.com

This piece is a yearlong visual documentary leading up to my “Jubilee”. It consists of 365 journal entries on 4”x 6” Artist’s paper and superimposed print images cut from 1”x 2” Architect’s erasers. The erasers are displayed in a frieze across the top of 12: 30”x 40”, custom made frames. Underneath and within are the individually framed daily entries of each month. “Ultimately, one of the things that intrigued me about this piece was what I learned from the blanks and negative spaces that I created …”

Alicia Eaton Lewis, 2009

THE HUDSON: as it moves through time

Opening June 14, 2009 @ 2-5pm

On view through August 9, 2009

Hopper House Art Center

82 north broadway

nyack, ny 10960

http://www.hopperhouse.org

This entry includes the first 4 months of a yearlong visual assemblage piece that photographically documents the ever-changing Hudson River, as seen from my living room window. It‘s inspired by the Quadricentinnial birthday of Hudson’s discovery.  Each month consists of 35: 1” sq. sections taken from the same frame of its daily photo. It is ultimately housed in 12: 8”x 10”x 3” black shadow boxes complete with branches. “I can see the mood of the river, the seasons change… to my delight movement is implied through the repetitive imagery...”

Alicia Eaton Lewis, 2009