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Earth Abundance


  • Olivia Gallery Chicago, IL (map)

Earth Abundance will feature a series of site specific temporary installations created in different parts of the world by Ginny Sykes.

From 2011 to 2016, Ginny created these temporary site specific/responsive installations using natural materials, many of which she found on site. These humble offerings or markers were intended to be temporary symbols of presence and passing through, later to be re-absorbed into the landscape without causing it any harm.

The form in the installations symbolizes a mirrored and twinned feminine subject, which has been used in her work since 1991 after spontaneously appearing in a painting she made upon returning from Italy.

Over the years this form carried various meanings, while providing Ginny a way to dialogue with the journey of self-exploration via performance, drawing, printmaking, and mixed media. Combining this symbol with the landscape was meant as a reverent attunement to connect her spirit to that of the land her body temporarily inhabits.

Earlier Event: March 11
56 Milwaukee
Later Event: April 29
Fashion, Fiber, Feminism