Solo Exhibition, Saranac Art projects, Spokane WA 2012
Head to Toe Gallery Statement
Head to Toe is an installation of objects, drawings & an opening night performance that ended in a temporary site specific drawing. This series is a rare opportunity for the viewer to see a deeply personal narrative by the artist Bernadette Vielbig.
Vielbig has often used the human body as medium & vehicle for her works, her own & that of models. In Head to Toe the artist will expose her own vulnerability as an individual to the viewer through a performance that symbolizes the struggles of dealing with life after an accident. Expect the unexpected, gawk, ponder, heckle if you must as she struggles with the concepts of limitations and change.
Bernadette Vielbig
Head to Toe: reminding my future self
that my former self still exists
an exhibition & performance@ Saranac Art Projects
On April 7th of this year my body changed forever.
I accept this. I have to.
empty set for gallery performance
el huesa esta’ roto, reductive charcoal drawing 2012
quebrarse el perone’, charcoal pencils and conte’ 2012
la mosca pegar, water-soluble charcoal pencils, found objects 2012
la dama de pie, compressed charcoal and charcoal pencil 2012
Drawings done on morphine from observation. private collections of the artist, Leslie Swift, and Breean Beggs
Triple Threat, found objects 2012. Collection of Garric Simonsen
Triple Threat, found objects 2012
Power Play, found objects 2012 private collection.
1000 Meter Struggle – found objects, bone, 1000 meters red thread 2012
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1000 Meter Struggle – found objects, bone, 1000 meters red thread 2012
1000 Meter Struggle – found objects, bone, 1000 meters red thread 2012
“Self Pity
I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen
dead from a bough
without ever having felt
sorry for itself.
DH Lawrence
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