Exposed Secrets, Marjorie Gillette Wolfe
Secrets Exposed, Kate Henderson
September 9 – October 17, 2021
Marjorie Gillette Wolfe - a combination of both photographs and drawings - grew out of the last year of isolation. The artist identifies the last solitary year as providing an “opportunity to explore my photo files … Included in this exhibit are images I exposed, but have not shown in a themed exhibit. Simply composed, they show a variety of my favorite subjects and introduce several new ones. And yes, I also draw.” For followers of Wolfe’s work, this last revelation may perhaps be the biggest surprise of all!
Kate Henderson - presents a different kind of revelation. The artist states: “In this body of work, I am exposing both how I work and the underlying themes of my work that I have not revealed before. My work frequently starts with a symbolic pentimento. This is usually a collage of previous drawings or paintings. This collage lends to the imagery and also creates a physical barrier that I must work against and through to unlock the true image. Secrets also refer to the themes I use from mythology and personal narrative, usually hidden and known only to myself or revealed by title.
Persephone and COVID are both themes that often appear in this body of work. Persephone has been a theme I have used often throughout my life; the duality of light and dark, growth and regeneration. I recently came across The Creative Fire: Myths and Stories about the Cycles of Creativity by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. In her work, Estes compares the creative process to the story of Persephone and Demeter as the cycle of the creative process. The play, fertility, loss, abandonment, and then rebirth. Working in a creative process during COVID has undoubtedly had challenges and a profound influence on physicality and the psyche.”
