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."
