Home Bound
Trestle Gallery and Sara Maria Salamone of Mrs. are pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by Quentin James McCaffrey, Heather Merckle, Soyeon Shin and Erin Wright. These artists were selected from a recent open call as part of Artist-Run 2020, a year-long exploration of artist-run projects throughout the country.
The definition for the word homebound provokes contrary emotions. The first interpretation is used to describe an action, ie. on the way home; homeward-bound. When considering this interpretation, one can conjure feelings of safety, warmth, a coming together, an embrace from our loved ones. The second definition of homebound generally would refer to one as unable to leave their home due to illness or old age. During the COVID-19 pandemic, homebound has taken on a third and uneasy meaning, which lies between these two more classical definitions. Following the stay at home order, we have become homebound by requirement for the health of ourselves, our families and the safety of our communities. In this time, our lives have become surreal while our homes have become at once our safe haven, and our confinement. Time has found new nuance as days and weeks blend, our surroundings stagnant. 鈥淗ome鈥� has taken on an unfamiliar psychological and physical significance. This new definition is depicted in this exhibition of works.
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Trestle Gallery and Sara Maria Salamone of Mrs. are pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by Quentin James McCaffrey, Heather Merckle, Soyeon Shin and Erin Wright. These artists were selected from a recent open call as part of Artist-Run 2020, a year-long exploration of artist-run projects throughout the country.
The definition for the word homebound provokes contrary emotions. The first interpretation is used to describe an action, ie. on the way home; homeward-bound. When considering this interpretation, one can conjure feelings of safety, warmth, a coming together, an embrace from our loved ones. The second definition of homebound generally would refer to one as unable to leave their home due to illness or old age. During the COVID-19 pandemic, homebound has taken on a third and uneasy meaning, which lies between these two more classical definitions. Following the stay at home order, we have become homebound by requirement for the health of ourselves, our families and the safety of our communities. In this time, our lives have become surreal while our homes have become at once our safe haven, and our confinement. Time has found new nuance as days and weeks blend, our surroundings stagnant. 鈥淗ome鈥� has taken on an unfamiliar psychological and physical significance. This new definition is depicted in this exhibition of works.
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