Dream of Princeton, Mixed media on panel, 9.75 x9.75 x 2 inches
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
TRACES on Caladan Gallery
I am showing 15 pieces of my work from the TRACES Series on Caladan Gallery. This exhibition is on-line from September 15 – October 31, 2009. Majorie Kaye, director of Caladan Gallery wrote in the press release about my work:
The TANS’ Room by Sand T, 6.25" X 4.5" X 1.5", Mixed media on hardboard.
"The interior of our conscious experience is filled with layer upon layer of memory. In these works by Sand T, these memories have made their way to the surface; there is an added dimension created by the fact that the path that these memories took to get to this surface has been left partially opened, a gateway to the unconscious mind of the artist, as well as to the observer. In this way, the artist's memories are forever intermingled with our own, calling upon a collective experience. An extensive range of emotion rises to the top, identifiable to us. From a sense of irony, to sadness, joy, love and reverence, we are left with a chronicle of our own lives. The artist has given us a gift, the gift of her experience, both private and un-self-conscious."
The TANS’ Room by Sand T, 6.25" X 4.5" X 1.5", Mixed media on hardboard.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
陈素创作来自梦境
Image: What did you dream about last night? - mixed media on hardboard panel, 18 x18x1.75.
"... 陈素运用她多年来收集到的与朋友之间电子邮件、信件及报纸的剪集做为题材，利用树脂、acrylic glass，及克力架等不同原材料制做出一幅幅别具匠心的艺术作品，很有创意。
在50多幅展品中，部份是陈素在梦境中的回忆。她描述说：梦中仿佛插上翅膀在飞，那个意境非常美妙。她的许多作品是对梦的一种诠译，也可说成是梦忆。她认为梦是美好的，但却抓不到，但可用艺术形式来表达。
此外，还有一些作品是描述她人生的经历，及不同人生、不同阶段的生活片段。她的艺术作品，极富想像力，意境深远，她可以把身边任何一件普通的事情用艺术来渲染，让它变得不同寻常，耐人寻味... "
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Friday, May 8, 2009
DREAMING IN PURSUIT OF MEMORY at Caladan Gallery 5/10 - 6/14
Three pieces of my work have been selected to participate in “Dreaming in Pursuit of Memory", an on-line juried exhibition of 33 national and international artists presented by Caladan Gallery. In addition, I have been selected as one of the "Solo Exhibition Award" recipients, I am excited about this Award, thank you! This exhibition will be on-line at http://www.caladangallery.com from May 10 – June 14, 2009. For more information, please call (617) 838-8929 or email Marjorie Kaye at director@caladangallery.com.
The below text is quoted from a press release for “Dreaming in Pursuit of Memory" exhibit written by Marjorie Kaye, the Gallery Director - -
Image: Flying Dream by Sand T, 11" x 11" x 2", Resin, paper, graphite, color pencil on acrylic glass panel.
The below text is quoted from a press release for “Dreaming in Pursuit of Memory" exhibit written by Marjorie Kaye, the Gallery Director - -
"Memories and dreams reside in a similar place in the depths of human consciousness. There are those of us, if given a chance, would seek to continuously contemplate the past, assigning significance to the present. The dream can be said to be an abstract representation of memory, whether it manifest as actual events, or something more in line with the collective unconscious of the entity that is civilization. Memories and dreams take on similar forms in our minds’ eyes, however varied they can become. What is the difference between a dream in sleep and that which manifests in the light of day? What is the arrangement of the brain cells of memory that form to create these dreams? The artists in this exhibition catch themselves wandering into this realm of mysterious enigma, translating and transforming symbol and icon into the visual."
Image: Flying Dream by Sand T, 11" x 11" x 2", Resin, paper, graphite, color pencil on acrylic glass panel.
"Sand T, Solo Exhibition Winner (Malden, MA), creates balance in texturally rich works. There is a conversation between the rigidity of resin, and the fluidity of what lies beneath it. It is as if the resin is catching contemporary fossils in the style of the amber of prehistory. Fossilized is the childhood memory of the artist, the innocence and lure of freedom; one realizes that Sand approaches her childhood, consults with herself in the form of memory to guide her present experience. In the form of visual poetry she investigates the daily balance between fact and suggestion; dream and cohesion; privacy and the striving towards unity. This is made manifest in the dialogue between the seemingly contrasting human-made and more organic materials. Through these materials the artist goes beyond building a time capsule - she creates building blocks for her ongoing investigation of her own primal nature."
Saturday, March 14, 2009
The Comings And Goings in My House
Sand T, Mixed media illuminated sculpture - The Comings And Goings in My House, 15"Hx15"Hx15"D.
The Kent Street Project: Home is Where the Art Is
Sand T, Returning to childhood places, mixed media on acrylic glass panel, 11"H x 11"W x 2"D.
JOIN US March 26, 2009 from 6 - 9PM at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center for an art reception entitled "Home is Where the Art Is". Light refreshments and a cash bar will be provided, complimentary parking in the North Visitor’s Lot.
"Over 100 works of art created by 65 local artists are installed in the Northwest Lobby of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center at 415 Summer Street in South Boston. The reception is a chance to meet artists and others who contributed to this project. In partnership with the Urban Arts Institute at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, a call-for-art went out to the local community in December 2008 and Sixty-five artists were invited to participate. Artists were asked to reflect on what makes them feel at home and over 100 original artworks were created in support of The House on Kent Street!"
This exhibition is on display at the BCEC's Northwest Lobby thru March 30. If you would like to visit the exhibit any other time, contact Susan Merritt at: 617-954-3787 or artprogram@massconvention.com. Complimentary parking can be provided. For directions and general information, visit website. We are looking forward to celebrating with you!
Sketches of my pieces: Home-Away-from-Home and Playground.
Detail of Home-Away-from-Home, original work is 18"Hx18"Wx1.5"D.
Detail of Playground, original work is 18"Hx18"Wx1.5"D
Click here for work descriptions and detailed images.
If you missed the show at the BCEC, you may have a chance to view all artworks in HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS exhibitions to be held at the below locations in Boston this Spring. Mark your calendar:
- April 9-30, at Logan Airport - Terminal C
- May 2-3, at Brookline Open Studios
- May 6-24, Brookline Public Library
The House at Kent Street has scheduled to be opened in June 2009. To learn more, please visit www.kentst.org and www.childrenshospital.org/art
UP-CLOSE-AND-PERSONAL at TLGUTS in Lynn
Exhibition Dates: Nov 22, 2008 - Jan 17, 2009
My UP-CLOSE-AND-PERSONAL exhibit at TLGUTS in Lynn closed last Saturday on January 17, 2009. I would like to thank you all for coming out to see the show despite the cold weather. I am truly grateful for your continued support. I hope you enjoyed seeing my work, meeting gallery director Jocelyn Almy-Testa, and made new contacts at the reception. Jocelyn posted two awesome exhibition overviews with pictures of the receptions on TLGUTS' blog , do check it out when you have a chance. I had a wonderful time working with Jocelyn on this exhibit, if you're interested in showing your work at TLGUTS please check out their Calls for Work, or email Jocelyn directly to find out if she is looking for new artists jocelynalmy@galleryunderthestairs.com
Image: With TLGUTS Gallery Director Jocelyn Almy-Testa.
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You're Cordially Invited to A Closing Reception at TLGUTS on January 17, 2009.
My exhibit, UP-CLOSE-AND-PERSONAL at the Little Gallery Under the Stairs in the LynnArts Building opened on Nov 22, 2008. I am showing about 50 mixed media works on acrylic glass and hardboard. The work, which I started working on in 2000, documents the continuously evolving conditions of my personal experience in a multi-cultural setting. If you missed the first two receptions, no sweat, the exhibit is up thru January 17, and there will be a closing reception for this exhibit on Saturday January 17, from 2 - 4pm. So, please come see the original pieces in a well lit gallery setting...
Image on the top left: What do you want? - mixed media on acrylic glass panel, 11 x 11 x 2. To see detail image of this work, CLINK HERE
"Dear diary" by Meredith Goldstein, in the Boston Globe, Nov 20, 2008.
"... The display is Sand's take on language, memory, and combining cultures. The mixed-media paintings, with materials like floor plans and multilingual diary entries, should remind you of scrapbooks...." read on http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/11/20/dear_diary?
"... The epoxy is used to encase the work as well as to magnify pieces of the imagery, highlighting the work's focal points and bending light to creating both intimate and immense spaces. Each piece is created on hardboard or acrylic glass which is fixed to a skillfully treated "cradle" to compliment the face of the work and create whole pieces without the need for investing in framing or further treatment before hanging.
The subject matter of her work ranges from dreamscapes to explorations of the various cultures which influence her personal life as well as her visual language as an artist.
The exhibit, which is on display salon style, mixes new works with older works, taking the viewer through the stages of the artist's process in this series' creation. This exhibit provides the opportunity to see this body of Sand T's work in a way that will allow collectors to combine small groupings of work that are either varied or uniform in content and style, but are either way both complimentary and cohesive.... "
*An Excerpt taken from TLGUTS BLOG, written by Jocelyn Almy-Testa, Curator/Director of the Little Gallery Under the Stairs in Lynn. Read on...
The gallery is located in the lower level of LynnArts Inc.,25 Exchange Street , Lynn , MA 01901
There is 2 hour street parking adjacent to and in front of LynnArts. There is also a parking lot located at the rear of the building.
My UP-CLOSE-AND-PERSONAL exhibit at TLGUTS in Lynn closed last Saturday on January 17, 2009. I would like to thank you all for coming out to see the show despite the cold weather. I am truly grateful for your continued support. I hope you enjoyed seeing my work, meeting gallery director Jocelyn Almy-Testa, and made new contacts at the reception. Jocelyn posted two awesome exhibition overviews with pictures of the receptions on TLGUTS' blog , do check it out when you have a chance. I had a wonderful time working with Jocelyn on this exhibit, if you're interested in showing your work at TLGUTS please check out their Calls for Work, or email Jocelyn directly to find out if she is looking for new artists jocelynalmy@galleryunderthestairs.com
Image: With TLGUTS Gallery Director Jocelyn Almy-Testa.
*"... Sand's work consists of studious compilations of language, sketches, imagery, and a command of a medium she has made her own. Sand began using epoxy to protect her work, then reexamined the possibilities of the compound and began using it as a medium to visually enhance her work. The drops of epoxy she uses on the surface of her work become elements of design, as well as distributors of light and tools of magnification.
Image: Fragments of Life - 15" x 15" x 3", mixed media on acrylic glass panel. Completed
Image: Fragments of Life - 15" x 15" x 3", mixed media on acrylic glass panel. Completed
this piece on November 14, 2008, the night before I installed Up Close and Personal at TLGUTS .
When she uses the epoxy in this manner, elements of the image which help define the conceptual intent of the work are highlighted, helping the viewer interpret her work, seeing beyond the visual beauty of the piece as a whole, and into the private world of the artist.
She also uses epoxy to create layers between the collaged printed material, adding dimension and space for light to travel through the pieces which would otherwise fall flat on the surface.
Each element of each piece is carefully considered from the creation of the cradle, through the selection and layout of imagery, the relationship of the font styles next to the handwritten excerpts, the masterful use of epoxy, and finally, through the handmade pegs and wooden supports she uses to display the work...."
*An Excerpt taken from TLGUTS BLOG, written by Jocelyn Almy-Testa, Curator/Director of the Little Gallery Under the Stairs in Lynn. Read on...
*An Excerpt taken from TLGUTS BLOG, written by Jocelyn Almy-Testa, Curator/Director of the Little Gallery Under the Stairs in Lynn. Read on...
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You're Cordially Invited to A Closing Reception at TLGUTS on January 17, 2009.
My exhibit, UP-CLOSE-AND-PERSONAL at the Little Gallery Under the Stairs in the LynnArts Building opened on Nov 22, 2008. I am showing about 50 mixed media works on acrylic glass and hardboard. The work, which I started working on in 2000, documents the continuously evolving conditions of my personal experience in a multi-cultural setting. If you missed the first two receptions, no sweat, the exhibit is up thru January 17, and there will be a closing reception for this exhibit on Saturday January 17, from 2 - 4pm. So, please come see the original pieces in a well lit gallery setting...
- Malden Observer
- Lynn Daily Item
- TLGUTS' NEW Blog Spot http://www.tlguts.blogspot.com/
- Closing announcement posted on http://www.americantowns.com/ma/malden/news/jan-17-closing-reception-for-sand-t-s-up-close-and-personal-exhibit-at-tlguts-in-lynn-156208
Image on the top left: What do you want? - mixed media on acrylic glass panel, 11 x 11 x 2. To see detail image of this work, CLINK HERE
"Dear diary" by Meredith Goldstein, in the Boston Globe, Nov 20, 2008.
"... The display is Sand's take on language, memory, and combining cultures. The mixed-media paintings, with materials like floor plans and multilingual diary entries, should remind you of scrapbooks...." read on http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/11/20/dear_diary?
"... The epoxy is used to encase the work as well as to magnify pieces of the imagery, highlighting the work's focal points and bending light to creating both intimate and immense spaces. Each piece is created on hardboard or acrylic glass which is fixed to a skillfully treated "cradle" to compliment the face of the work and create whole pieces without the need for investing in framing or further treatment before hanging.
The subject matter of her work ranges from dreamscapes to explorations of the various cultures which influence her personal life as well as her visual language as an artist.
The exhibit, which is on display salon style, mixes new works with older works, taking the viewer through the stages of the artist's process in this series' creation. This exhibit provides the opportunity to see this body of Sand T's work in a way that will allow collectors to combine small groupings of work that are either varied or uniform in content and style, but are either way both complimentary and cohesive.... "
*An Excerpt taken from TLGUTS BLOG, written by Jocelyn Almy-Testa, Curator/Director of the Little Gallery Under the Stairs in Lynn. Read on...
The gallery is located in the lower level of LynnArts Inc.,
There is 2 hour street parking adjacent to and in front of LynnArts. There is also a parking lot located at the rear of the building.
