Marlene Krumm-Sanders. Piermont, NY. (Sculpture, Ceramics) Altar Installation, Illustrative Vessels & Reliquaries.
"ALTARED SPIRITS”
From Autumn Moon Festival to the Day of the Dead
Lower Hudson Valley Artists Confront Liminal Space
The OUTSIDE IN Piermont, NY (2010). “ALTARED SPIRITS”: Seven Artisits celebrate life, death, memory and transformation. Altar Installation, Day of the Dead Photography, sculptured gut, found object, assemblage and ceramics. Selected works by Jennie Chien (Curator),John Badik, Marlene Krumm-Sanders, Pat Hickman, Ned Harris, Patrice Gallwey-Grant & Daniel Mack. Sunday, September 19th, 2010 with an Opening Reception from 2-5PM and runs through a Closing Reception Sunday, November 7th, 2010 from 2-5pm, includes live music.
Ongoing: A Communal Altar will be built during the event with offerings from the public. The altar installation will be overseen by artist Marlene Krumm-Sanders. Acceptable offerings are not limited to candles, drawings, poems, notes or photographs, the Gallery encourages, locally foraged, driftwood and deadfall pieces for the altars.Appropriate offerings will be burned in the wood stove at the closing.
Below are some photos of earlier work. Newer pieces to follow.
"AVI"
35"x18"x12" Ceramic Stoneware
Hand-built clay sculpture with carved animal and foliage relief on sandstone relic. Photographed by Eileen Brady Nelson. POR
From the open series,
