Deborah Jack - Carnegie Art Center

Salt in all its forms has been the conceptual center of Deborah Jack’s work for several years. It was literally cultural currency of her country’s colonial past. She sees the salt of the sea, the salt in coastal breezes and hurricane rain. It functions as a corrosive or preservative. The video image of the crystal “lake” of salt is the harvest site and the piles are the result. The piles of salt are a metaphor for the stockpile of memories stored in nature. This is salt/memory has been harvested for export and will be refined on many different levels for a variety of functions. Like multiple permutations of memories, some are coarse and some more refined. “bounty” is an installation that employs both video and still images.

Artist Website: www.DeborahJack.com

On View 4/29 - 5/26
Opening Reception 4/29 7-9pm
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