March 7th through April 26th
with 2nd Saturday artist receptions on 3/8 and 4/12
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, Noon - 8 p.m.
2nd Saturdays, 1:00 - 9 p.m.
Artists' Statement: Childish Things
Those who have managed to save a favorite toy from childhood are aware that a kewpie doll, a teddy bear, or a plastic soldier can be a prodigious storehouse of fond memories.
Just as cherished toys recall the joys and warmth of a happy childhood, so lost and abandoned toys retain repressed memories of prepubescent trauma and the deep-seated guilt associated with the playing of forbidden games.
While abandoned toys are rejected outright, lost toys represent something evicted from consciousness as in a Freudian slip. Either way, the result is the same: the contents of the childish unconscious at large in the world. As found in parking lots, on sidewalks, or in thrift stores, these toys lack meaningful context and purpose - a situation we attempt to correct.
For the series, Childish Things, we stage mini-psychodramas on miniature sets with the toys portraying the conflicted children who left them behind. We then photograph the resulting tableaus with a shallow focus that suggests the bleary selectivity of memory. By these means, we hope to achieve for the conflicted, former toy-owners a measure of catharsis by proxy.
Exhibits are open to the public and free of charge!
Jonnie Owens
phone:
909.869.4689
email: jjowens@csupomona.edu
or
Lupe Flores
phone:
909.469.0080
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