During the artist panel for the current exhibition The Portrayal of Presence, artist Fiona Crangle was asked about next steps for to be both relic and reliquary, her work in progress that is part of the show.
Her response: she wants to use the artwork to connect with others who share the experience of loss and the shift in worldview that loss can initiate.
The piece on view in the AGN looks at this shift through the objects loved ones left behind. Our hands now hold what their hands had once held. What is transmitted in that gesture?
Fiona is reaching out to connect with others in small sessions of five or six people. She is looking for people in the community who have lost someone and are now keepers of something that once belonged to that person. She will share the thinking and processes behind her work and invite others to consider what it means to be the holder of an item left to you.
If you would like to join her, you’re asked to bring in an object that someone has left you. There will be a variety of ways to take part in the session, ranging from simply listening to photographing and documenting yourself with the item. The topic is a tender one- engage as you feel comfortable.
There are four 1.5 hour sessions available. All take place at the AGN.
Session 1: March 26, 10 AM to 11:30 AM
Session 2: March 26, 1:30 to 3 PM
Session 3: March 27, 10 AM to 11:30 AM
Session 4: March 28, 1:30 to 3 PM
If you’re interested in participating in these small, intimate workshops, please contact Fiona by emailing her: fionacrangleart@gmail.com
Fiona hopes that each session offers those attending an in-depth discussion of art and its making, a chance to connect with others, and an opportunity to affect her WIP (work in progress), to be both relic and reliquary. Should you choose to be photographed with the object you’ve brought, you will be given a copy of the photograph.