Lynne Marinelli Ghenov: Evocation of Collections of Recollection
June 4-25, 2021
Lynne Marinelli Ghenov: Evocation of Collections of Recollection
Opening reception: Friday, June 4, 5:00-8:00 PM
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday 9 AM – 5 PM
In this new exhibition, Lynne Marinelli Ghenov will display various drawings created from 2019 – 2021.
Artist Statement Lynne Marinelli Ghenov
I am interested in the infinite possibilities of elements, signs, and forms aligned within an existing structure’s finiteness. The gridded constitution of the ledger and lined paper and the grounded presence of a permanent image from the pages of a book are akin to that of an actual interior space. For years I worked three-dimensionally in specific locations, almost as if I were drawing in the area, designating forms and material throughout. However, through graphite, colored pencil, marker, and pen, I have recreated the given framework and the allocation of objects and patterns two-dimensionally.
The primary use of “second hand” or “castoff” paper started when I uncovered old tax documents boxes while cleaning out my childhood home. Happening soon after my mother’s death and during an intense time of mourning, my parents’ home office offered vivid childhood memories. It held numerous supplies from my mom’s business and my father’s accounting work. Within the paper and its history, I enter the page bringing my collection of memorable images, objects, and tools, creating a poem of stories, pictures, games, and meanings within. I depend on the structure to abide, making an autonomous emergence developed from the synergy existing between the invariable line and the hand. The relic is the site wherein I compose a mingling of forms and things, a place as an implement to invent things and play.
The works on paper have evolved to incorporate collage, various rubbings, tracings, stencils, and more. There may be vintage paper or not, but always contained in them are pattern, images or signs of memory, and a logic of a child’s make-believe game.
Bio:
Lynne Marinelli Ghenov was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and currently lives and works in Knoxville, TN. She holds a BFA from Tyler School of Art (1998) in Sculpture. She presently is primarily making drawings on paper. In 2017 Ghenov co-founded and co-directed the artist-run space C For Courtside in Knoxville. Lynne has nationally shown in various group and solo shows, including University City Arts League and Artspace Liberti in Philadelphia (PA), Tiger Strikes Asteroid and Monte Vista Projects in Los Angeles (CA), Proto Gallery, Hoboken (NJ), Fluorescent Gallery, and A1 Labarts, Knoxville (TN) and Crosstown Arts in Memphis (TN). She is currently the associate at Loghaven Artist Residency in Knoxville (TN).
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