Summary
"Sheltering That Which Is Fragile and Precious" is one series of pieces in the show. The pieces are shellacked packages hanging on the gallery walls that offer amber tones of paper-wrapped things bound with waxed twine. They were made "while thinking about things precious and fragile," the [Surel Mitchell] told me in 2004, which mirrors the name for this series. The shellac turns the paper slightly transparent and it's as though a viewer can glimpse ghostly objects inside. Some packages offer no glimpse of their contents and only their titles ("Air," "Earth" and "Water") offer a hint at what is inside. The packages of letters allude to freedom-of-speech themes, perhaps insinuating that to protect it, we must secure it.
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Security and Shelter
SECURITY AND SHELTER
Surel Mitchell explores protection, wonders of shellacI have enjoyed Surel Mitchell's work since I last interviewed her for the Spring 2004 Idaho Arts Quarte...See the full content of this document
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