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November 7 - December 3, 2020
What Shapes Us
Featuring New Sculptures by Tracey Meyer
Small Group Visits Ensured During Pandemic
Tracey Meyer’s third solo exhibition, and her first at Archway Gallery, is a sculptural exploration of the complexity of life. Meyer employs rag paper, wood, and ceramic to create sculptures which each represent an imagined individual’s existence. Momentous or calamitous events are represented by the physical shaping of the whole sculptural form. Each cut and bend in the artwork represents a decision in that person’s story, a response to an experience, or a choice that had to be made. The cut apertures in the sculpture portray a physical manifestation of the life’s reaction to its experiences.
The resulting artwork portrays the non-linear nature of an individual’s journey, and how it is made up of many experiences -- large and small, easy and difficult. Whether the life appears relatively tranquil or rather tumultuous, the work exposes the internal dialogue that shapes it. This exhibition asks the viewer to consider more deeply the hidden challenges that others experience, and to re-examine the complexity of existence in general.
Meyer’s intention is to make artwork that is interesting, intriguing, and pleasing to the eye. She takes her time creating each piece. First, she draws and cuts the medium, pondering and considering the path of the imagined life before her. Then she begins the contemplative and difficult part of the process, bending and shaping the medium to reflect the ebb and flow of events in that journey. When she bends each individual cut within the artwork, she is representing the reaction to an experience or choice. The sculpture is usually then painted and, lastly, placed on its support. The reflections and shadows cast on the support tell the rest of the life’s story. They portray the outcomes of new opportunities presented to the individual, demonstrating how past experiences can still shape their lives.
The resulting artwork portrays the non-linear nature of an individual’s journey, and how it is made up of many experiences -- large and small, easy and difficult. Whether the life appears relatively tranquil or rather tumultuous, the work exposes the internal dialogue that shapes it. This exhibition asks the viewer to consider more deeply the hidden challenges that others experience, and to re-examine the complexity of existence in general.
Meyer’s intention is to make artwork that is interesting, intriguing, and pleasing to the eye. She takes her time creating each piece. First, she draws and cuts the medium, pondering and considering the path of the imagined life before her. Then she begins the contemplative and difficult part of the process, bending and shaping the medium to reflect the ebb and flow of events in that journey. When she bends each individual cut within the artwork, she is representing the reaction to an experience or choice. The sculpture is usually then painted and, lastly, placed on its support. The reflections and shadows cast on the support tell the rest of the life’s story. They portray the outcomes of new opportunities presented to the individual, demonstrating how past experiences can still shape their lives.
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