Theory.Practice.Exhibitions.
To stage the difference between Margaret Randall Gest’s private life and her public one, her interiority and her exterior self, we here offer a tableau with two images. One image is a photographic portrait of Gest, which captures her outward appearance, and one is a pastel, Gest’s own interpretation of the world. In this tableau, the photograph, her artwork, a pot of daffodil bulbs, and one of her poems converge. Through this window we can either peer into her life or peer out as she did, engagi
THE CIRCLE, by Margaret Gest What is birth? A circle begun. What is self? A thousand in one. What is change? A wind in the grass. What is growth? An ache that shall pass. What is time? A motionless stream. What is life? A dream in a dream. What is love? A moment of sight. What is death? Return into light.
To stage the difference between Margaret Randall Gest’s private life and her public one, her interiority and her exterior self, we here offer a tableau with two images. One image is a photographic portrait of Gest, which captures her outward appearance, and one is a pastel, Gest’s own interpretation of the world. In this tableau, the photograph, her artwork, a pot of daffodil bulbs, and one of her poems converge. Through this window we can either peer into her life or peer out as she did, engagi
This page is a collection of the photographs from the walk through as well as a collection of the comments of the exhibit. These comments highlight the significance of the exhibits to the library staff.
"Looking at the Daffodils piece, I recognize the spaces that we take for granted, like the walls in the atrium. This exhibition played with the interior/exterior duality of the space."
-Jeremiah Mercurio
"I like how this exhibition engages the viewer, inviting her to walk from one side of the window to the other. Also, I don't think I ever realized that there was this row of interior windows on the north wall of the lobby until I saw this exhibition. I find myself noticing these weird architectural features of the building now in a way I didn't before."
-Daniel Burger-Lenahan
images provided by photographer Brad Larrison:
Copyright © 2014 Brad Larrison
"Again, we see an exhibit about looking out on the green. When we look at the side with the circle poem on it, we see a sliver of nature through the window. Looking out at nature and having long views on campus changes perspective of the artists work. We're more aware of the position of the frame in the window when we can see another frame beyond it. The idea of spreading out the pieces over space evoke the space around it."
-Bruce Bumbarger