Anita Genovese
Anita Genovese recombines social connections of human behavior with spiritual and ceremonial relationships existing with nature. In Invocation and Magna, the notion of Nordic myth and ancient family custom are restructured and invoke spiritual undertones and associations with shamanistic symbolic imagery and ancient history. These totems act as placeholders and statements of being, connecting time past and present. Inspiration is drawn from myth, ancient history, and ritual. It has already been said, refers to a visible language in nature. The action of insect eaten holes forms a language that is brought to the surface by threading silk and transforming bark into a proclamation or book.
It has already been said
Sculpture / Tree bark, silk thread / 9”h x 6.5”w x 1”d / 2020
Invocation
Sculpture / Steel pipe, raven’s wings, horse mane hair, waxed Irish linen cord, antique glass beads, goldleaf / 66”h x 12”w x 4”d / 2020
Invocation
Sculpture / detail photographic image / 17”h x 22”w / 2020
Magna
Sculpture / Steel pipe, resin dipped antique infant’s dress, resin, leather cord, silk thread, shed snakeskins, found deer pelvis bones / 54”h x 12”w x 6”d / 2020
