泽西岛;我童年的家
2019
剪纸
周长- 754cm
身高-200厘米
“在我生命的前18年里，我在海峡群岛的泽西岛长大，我从来没有意识到我是多么幸运能成为一名岛民。四面环海，有野生的悬崖小径，狭窄蜿蜒的绿道和多样的海滩;海浪雕刻着花岗岩的表面。每当我想起圣万(St Ouen)那一望无际的沙丘，想起和家人一起烧烤后的日落，我就常常渴望回到我的小岛。
泽西岛:《我的童年之家》带领观众穿越泽西岛的十二个教区，以及我对这些地方的记忆。每个教区都有自己的小组，以各自的徽章来区分。
垂直构图揭示了从一个面板延伸到下一个面板的叙事意象，在教区之间创造了对话。海、天空、草和沙的剪纸图案在每个面板上创造了统一，向观众暗示，岛屿上生活的基本要素是被大海包围。
作为一名艺术家，我很清楚，我应该从自己最了解的事物的角度来创作艺术品。泽西岛永远是我真正的家;我的童年记忆最早是在这里形成的，那时我浑身是沙，被海水打湿了。这件作品非常个人化，在创作这件艺术品的整个过程中，我沉思了我在泽西岛的所有经历，以及它们对我的意义。我希望其他岛民(泽西Bean的)能够看到这件作品，并从他们自己在我们的“岩石”上的独特生活经历中汲取灵感。也许我也可以吸引非岛民变得好奇。这么一个九英里乘五英里的小岛，怎么会有这么多的生物呢?”
展览:
2019 -丹麦，Papirkunst博物馆
2021年，美国，北欧国家博物馆
2022年-美国，美国瑞典学院
JERSEY; MY CHILDHOOD HOME
2019
paper cutting
circumference - 754cm
height -200cm
“Growing up on Jersey in the Channel Islands for the first eighteen years of my life, I never realised how lucky I was to experience being an islander. Surrounded by the sea, wild cliff path walks, narrow winding green lanes and diverse beaches; the waves of the sea sculpting the granite rock face. I often crave to return to my island when I think about the expanse of sand dunes in St Ouen and the sunsets after BBQ’s with my family.
Jersey; My Childhood Home takes the viewer on a journey through all twelve parishes on Jersey and my memories of these locations. Distinguished by their separate crests, every parish is represented on their own panel.
The vertical compositions unravel narrative imagery which extends from one panel into the next, creating a dialogue between parishes. Paper cut patterns of the sea, sky, grass and sand create unity throughout every panel, suggesting to the audience that the fundamental element of life on an island is to be surrounded by the sea.
As an artist, it is clear to me that I should create artwork from my own perspective of the things I know best. Jersey will always be my true home; it is where I made my very first childhood memories spent covered in sand and wet from the sea. This piece is intensely personal and throughout the process of creating this artwork, I mused over all my experiences in Jersey and how much they mean to me. I would like other islanders (Jersey Bean’s), to be able to look at this piece and draw from their own unique experiences of life on our ‘rock’. Perhaps I can also entice non-islanders to become curious. How can such a small island of nine by five miles contain so much diversity?”
Exhibited:
2019 - Denmark, Museum for Papirkunst
2021 - USA, National Nordic Museum
2022 - USA, American Swedish Institute
