New Meanings, New Stories:A Photographic Exploration of Found-Object Sculptures

by Gail Foster

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New Meanings, New Stories:A Photographic Exploration of Found-Object Sculptures

New Meanings, New Stories features Gail Foster’s transformati on of found-object sculptures into a visual language.

As an arti st who is conti naully interested in materiality and both physicaland spiritual presence, Foster’s photographic series captures the reinventi on of

everyday objects and art-making materials into new ideas. The viewer is left reconsidering meanings ti ed to specifi c objects while becoming more aware of

subjecti ve space.

Thus, these ephemeral sculptures are not only “environmental” given Foster’suse of recycled materials and low-VOC acrylic paints, but also in terms of their

awareness of the infl uences of ti me and place. The photographs revealforms that can be characterized as lyrical, poeti c, and dark, like a Greek tragedy,

but the beauty of it all is that only the viewer can tell the story.

Artist Statement

I can’t paint a dark figure. No matter what happens around the figure, there’s still that light from within.

Knowledge is ultimately cellular and intuitive - it’s in our bodies. Art, if it’s to be truly good, needs to tap into that level of inner knowing, that inner light.

The many layers of my paintings and drawings are a basic part of that search for inner knowledge. In my drawings I use six different charcoals - the layers upon layers are a way of getting to the point of connection where a couple of strokes

finish the work. When that happens, the link between the work and me is literally physical.

That total connection is important - in the end, every part of a painting has to

work. The color has to seem spontaneous and haphazard, but if you open yourself up, the corners will be as important as the central figures. I learned long ago that the most effortless-looking painting isn’t effortless. Nevertheless, the technique

isn’t what matters; it’s just the means of getting there.

Gail Foster

Prehistoric Ginko Leaves Live On 24 x 12 in. Face-Mounted Photograph on Plexiglass

Pink Spheres, White Light, She Moves

32 x 28 in.

Face-Mounted Photograph on Plexiglass

Procession 52 x 30 in. Face-Mounted Photograph on Plexiglass

Return

15 x 16 in. Face-Mounted Photograph

on Plexiglass

A State of Being 24 x 21 in. Face-Mounted Photograph on Plexiglass

Wish in Flight

30 x 42 in. Face-Mounted Photograph

on Plexiglass

Unveiling 30 x 40 in. Face-Mounted Photograph on Plexiglass

About the Artist

Gail Foster is an Atlanta-based artist whose work is often exhibited in the Atlanta area. Foster’s work is motivated by an impassioned view

of the human condition and by a joyful celebration of the power of the inner spirit. In addition to lifestyle and trade publications, Gail Foster’s art has been featured in one museum solo show, eight museum group exhibits, twenty

solo private gallery exhibits, fifty-one private gallery group exhibits and thirty pub-lic collections. Foster is a proud artist, philanthropist, educator, and activist whose

unique outlook will invigorate the course of her creations.

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