Rooting (from Glissant) by Christine Lorenz

Rooting (from Glissant) by Christine Lorenz

Medium: Mixed media (graphite, acrylic, mylar and collage on illustration board)

Size: 11.5 in x 9.5 in

Artist statement: The words in this piece are drawn from a book entitled Poetics of Relation by the philosopher Édouard Glissant. In this book, ideas of opacity and transparency help us visualize how we can cultivate mutual understanding and respect. We can find common ground as human beings without demanding that the worlds of others fit our own language. We all deserve the right to be more than those who see us might understand.

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An abstract collage with a wash of brushed-on graphite in the background. On the left is a yellow-green stripe and on the right are multiple strips of words cut from a white paper with black printed text. The text reads “dimensionless place a knowledge becoming spaces itself out into the world. The framework is not made of transparency; at work in an underground manner) We stop believing that we are alone Opacities must be preserved; Poetics of depth.”
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