Erin Cunningham at Gallery CTA

Date and Time for this Past Event

Thu, Nov 7, 2019 - Tue, Dec 31, 2019

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Erin Cunningham at Gallery CTA
Thursday, November 7, 2019 from 5-8 pm

Gallery CTA (inside CTA Architects Engineers' office)
Zions Bank Building
800 W. Main, Suite 800
Boise, Idaho 83702

ERIN CUNNINGHAM

My work examines my own troubled experience with memory: its inaccuracies and inconsistent function, and how the unchecked desire to reconnect with a moment from the past can be precisely what unravels any authentic connection to that time. To me, a photograph is a mirage of memories. To explore this, I am continually conflating notions of physical and mental distance in my images, applying subtle hazes or blur over my subjects, so that no matter where one stands in relation to the work, specific detail is never quite described or reached.

These paintings represent a body and person who no longer exists. To make sense of the new body that grew into the remaining vacancy, I acquired photographs of my blood pathology taken before a stem cell transplant to investigate my experiences by examining my illness on a cellular level. The process of painting from these images is connected to the observational practices that are a historical bridge between art and medicine. This became an exercise in seeing and recording divergent cellular forms. While working to represent subjects that I could only understand formally, I began to develop rudimentary diagnoses based on color, shape, texture and size.

More Info: erincunningham.net + gallerycta.com