Abstract 3
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Title
Abstract 3
Description
Rachel says this about her work:"Everything I use in my work I have purchased at local thrift stores or found at abandoned houses through out the years. The images in my pieces do not belong to me, they are artifacts of others' lives. I have always been drawn to personal objects left behind for public viewing. There is a sense of voyeurism and nostalgia in finding such things. I find others knickknacks to be precious and haunting. In certain ways, I want to project my self onto them. I am compelled to understand why such things are kept, and why eventually they are given up. I am a collector who collects other people's memories, although memory lacks certainty. When we leave, or move, or just clean out our lives, we leave things behind. I love nostalgia and the way it tricks you."
Creator
Hallas, Rachel
Publisher
University of Iowa. School of Art and Art History
Date
2006-11-21
Rights
Digital collection © The University of Iowa. All works are copyright the individual artist.
Relation
The Daily Palette Digital Collection
Visual Arts
http://dailypalette.uiowa.edu/?artwork=803
Format
42
40
mixed media
Type
Still image
Mixed media
Identifier
11212006.jpg
183409339
https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/