What was, in my mind, what is in my mind --A Retrospective: March 2010, Bromfield
March 3-27, 2010
This is a selection of works from various times and various shows.
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Artist Statement
Dianne Lam
“What was in my mind, what is in my mind?”
(A Retrospective)
2010
LOOKING BACKWARD AND FORWARD AT THE SAME TIME
WHAT HAS CHANGED?
LOOKING BACKWARD AND FORWARD AT THE SAME TIME
WHAT HAS CHANGED?
My mixed media abstract paintings which hovered on the verge of the figurative have now become purely abstract. (After unearthing old pieces for show, may consider “Hovering on the verge of the figurative” again)
WHAT HAS NOT CHANGED?
My passion for both sculpture and painting. Like sculptures, my paintings are objects...not pictures
How I paint: I am still chicken about solid colors and build the paintings by using thin washes of different colors to create the space. The goal is to create a sense of depth.
My vision of things veiled---seen but not seen, where ambiguity reigns, leaving the viewers’s minds free to oscillate between various states: will, memory and perception.
The tension between the exciting promises in clutter: of line;, mass and texture, and deep reflective space.
A drive to understand scale: when is large, tiny and small monumental?
My passion for words:; most works are not finished until words come to the piece. When the words come, sometimes the paintings change.
My conflicting passions for rectilinear forms and the organic both in nature and in the mind.
My works emerge from a state of mind and are driven by the desire to invoke a state of mind in the viewer.
Date: 12/24/2009
Size: 43 items
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“Silent Seductress,” paper, polymer emulsion, acrylic, 60” x 14”, 1998
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“Silent Seductress” (Detail), paper, polymer emulsion, acrylic, 60” x 14”, 1998
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“Memory Wisp Tracings,” enamel, acrylic, 18” x 35”, 2007
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“Life Lace Fragments,” enamel, acrylic, 20” x 48”, 2007
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“Lacking in Backbone,” acrylic, 56” x 18”, 1996
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“Former Kimono,” Plexiglas, beach sand, acrylic, wire, 22” x 16” x 1.5”, 1996
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6. ”Nymphet Shame in Grey Abandon,” beach sand, cloth, steel, 22.5” x 26”, 1999
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”Nymphet Shame in Grey Abandon", (Detail), beach sand, cloth, steel, 22.5” x 26”, 1999
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”Nymphet Shame in Grey Abandon” (Detail), beach sand, cloth, steel, 22.5” x 26”, 1999
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“Why Did We Have to Move to a Helper Place?,” (Detail) beach sand, cloth, polymer emulsion, acrylic, hat, necklaces, 74” x 24” x
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“Why Did We Have to Move to a Helper Place?,” (Detail) beach sand, cloth, polymer emulsion, acrylic, hat, necklaces, 74” x 24” x
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“Why Did We Have to Move to a Helper Place?,” beach sand, cloth, polymer emulsion, acrylic, hat, necklaces, 74” x 24” x 5”, 20
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“Family Portrait,” coconut palm, acrylic, 40” x 50” x 10”, 1991
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“Folie á Deux,” royal palm, acrylic, 74” x 10” x 5”, 2002
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“Glimpses,” enamel, acrylic, 27” x 46”, 2007
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“Early Retirees,” sponge acrylic, wood, 9” x 4.5” x 2”, 1990s`
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“Recalcitrant Kid Kimono,” wood, acrylic, 20” x 16”, 1993
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“Pretty One,” archival pigment print, 10” x 5”, 2010
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“Retirees Kimono,” wire, acrylic, paper, 12” x 7”, 1993
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“Place Recalled,” archival pigment print, 17” x 9”, 2010
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“Snob Kimono,” velvet, iron, 21” x 8”, 2000
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“Windswept Kimono,” archival pigment print, 13” x 16”, 2010
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“Nondescript’s Kimono,” enamel, acrylic, 15” x 6”, 2000
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“Qui Vive?,” beach sand, acrylic, screen, 65” x 37”, 1998
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“Two Steps Forward One Step Back,” archival pigment print, 16” x 9”, 2010
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“3 Pieces of Paper,” acrylic on paper, 7” x 15”, 1986
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“20 Pieces of Paper,” archival pigment print, 22” x 12”, 2010
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“Still Standing,” archival pigment print, 20” x 11”, 2010
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“Moses in the Bullrushes,” archival pigment print, 24” x 18”, 2010
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“Ayes Have It,” archival pigment print, 75” x 8”, 2010
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“Cave Birds Contemplating Lives,” archival pigment print, 75” x 9”, 2010
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28. “The Encounter,” archival pigment print, 7” x 7”, 2010
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“Large Barrier,” archival pigment print, 9” x 9”, 2010
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“Glimmers of Negotiation,” archival pigment print, 10” x 4.5”, 2010
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“Parallel Play,” archival pigment print, 9.5” x 7.5”, 2010
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"Gulf of Mexico,” 19” x 41”, photo collage, acrylic, 1986
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“Los Recherches du Temps Perdu #1,” photo collage, acrylic, 4” x 14” x 2”, 2002
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“Los Recherches du Temps Perdu #3,” photo collage, acrylic, 4” x 14” x 2”, 2002
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“Los Recherches du Temps Perdu #2,” photo collage, acrylic, 4” x 14” x 2”, 2002
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“Former Fat Kid Flying,” metal, papier maché, acrylic, 42” x 13” x 5”, 1991
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“Memory Melange,” enamel, acrylic, 19” x 23”, 2007
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”Tweeties,” coconut palm, acrylic, 18” x 11” x 2”, 1990s
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“Search for the Center,” enamel, acrylic, 18” x 19”, 2007
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