Audrey Aronson
Audrey Aronson
Description of Work
Needless - 2022 - Walnut, spalted tamarind, copper, glass, steel - 7” x 1.5” x 3.5”
Separation - 2021 - Holly, nu gold, beet juice - 1.5” x 1” x 2.5”
Excoriate - 2021 - Copper, glass, silver - 4.5” x 3” x 2”,
Obscuration - 2022 - Holly, glass, nu gold, milk paint - 2.75” x 2.75” x 3.5”
Obsession and Inadequacy - 2021 - Holly, nu gold, glass, steel, concealer - 1” x 1” x 3”
Untitled - 2021 - Holly, silver, glass, copper - 3.5” x 0.5” x 2”
Escape - 2021 - Holly, ebony, silver, copper - 3” x 1.5” x 3.5”
Disconnect - 2022 - Holly, silver, glass - 4” x 1.5” x 2.5”
Nest - 2021 - Rosewood, glass, silver - 4.5” x 3” x 3.5”
Rootbound - 2022 - Glass, nu gold, tulle - 12” x 2.5” x 16”
Guilty Pleasures - 2021 - Copper, spalted tamarind, glass, silver - 2.5” x 1.5” x 5”
Segmentation - 2021 - Spalted tamarind, copper, steel - 7.7” x 2” x 4.5”
Breaking Dormancy - 2022 - Spalted tamarind, glass - 2” x 1.5” x 7.5”
Artist Statement
Breaking Dormancy
Breaking dormancy refers to the phrase used to describe plant development in which seeds with particularly tough coatings are not able to germinate. This occurs even under favorable environmental conditions, unless this coating is weakened or removed. I interpret this idea as being self-protective to one’s own detriment. My work shows the dualities of protection and restraint and how these things relate to a desire to shed restrictions. A sense of vulnerability lies at the center of this protection and is shown to always be something that is obscured or unavailable without effort from the viewer. The materials I incorporate become integral to the work because of their relationship to these concepts and each other. Thinly networked glass indicates a personal fragility when combined with objects typically worn on the body, whereas the spalted wood in many of my pieces shows a physical manifestation of boundaries and restriction. In defiance of the constant appearance of self-control, this body of work consistently displays an emergence of growth and self-expression.
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