Sunday, December 21, 2014
CARNEY GALLERY REGIS COLLEGE - November 10 - January 23, 2015
Christiane Corcelle - Enrich the Moment
November 10–January 23
Monday through Friday, 10:00 am–4:00 pm
Reception: Saturday, December 6, noon–3 pm
Christiane Corcelle has been collecting used tea bags, their wrappers and labels for years. She transforms volumes of these everyday items into stunning installations. The repeated use of the structural elements of the tea bag (wrapper, label, tab, string, bag with tea and emptied) reveal hidden complexities of distinction and variation. Corcelle comments, “As a group the pieces are unified, cohesive, and coherent, but individually they are all unique.”
Corcelle’s forms are handmade and irregular rather than manufactured and hard-edged. Her rigorous commitment to her chosen material creates a tension between perceptions of the individual elements and the whole. Small safety pins, rough wire forms, tiny strings, and tea bags with added found objects transcend their materiality and become something completely new. According to Corcelle, “The elements blend, almost threatening each other, creating a prototype that is rich, edgy, and commanding all at once.”
November 10–January 23
Monday through Friday, 10:00 am–4:00 pm
Reception: Saturday, December 6, noon–3 pm
Christiane Corcelle has been collecting used tea bags, their wrappers and labels for years. She transforms volumes of these everyday items into stunning installations. The repeated use of the structural elements of the tea bag (wrapper, label, tab, string, bag with tea and emptied) reveal hidden complexities of distinction and variation. Corcelle comments, “As a group the pieces are unified, cohesive, and coherent, but individually they are all unique.”
Corcelle’s forms are handmade and irregular rather than manufactured and hard-edged. Her rigorous commitment to her chosen material creates a tension between perceptions of the individual elements and the whole. Small safety pins, rough wire forms, tiny strings, and tea bags with added found objects transcend their materiality and become something completely new. According to Corcelle, “The elements blend, almost threatening each other, creating a prototype that is rich, edgy, and commanding all at once.”
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