Jeremy Freedman
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 18:48 — 0 Comments
“Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow” -T.S. Eliot We, as reluctantly self motivated beings and physical entities of this universe will always be removed by perspective.
Andrew Crooks
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 17:32 — 0 Comments
The light of the chandelier overhead slowly dims while the velvety ruby curtains drag their weight to either side of the stage, slowly opening to reveal… In his photographs, Andrew becomes the director, the actors, the stagehands and set designers, he is the orchestra, the ushers and the audience all at once, living out his stories as truths. Each time I view his work some part of me feels that I have slipped inside the head of a boy, to view the playful and colorful picture show of an active imagination. And, like a fly on the wall I have […]
Kaila Farrell-Smith
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 19:51 — 2 Comments
Kaila travels in a world of the in between. Where a cultural past weaves the passage of her future. Tied so strongly to the history of her ancestors she and her work become a bridge, an intermediate, bringing the past into the present in a visceral way. I have always imagined that the prolific manner in which Kaila often works might be motivated by something almost outside of her. Like a whisper in the ear that itches to form a sentence, urgently dancing on the tongue as it waits to be told. This push of inspiration creates a timeless and […]
Ellen Ziegler
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 18:28 — 0 Comments
I have to admit that when first viewing Ellen’s series Body Double, my initial reaction was one of apprehension. This trepidation came from a place of fear, and more specifically fear of the unknown and then, the fear of the unknown me. Halted by the pop quiz of her Rorschach’s, I suddenly felt ill-equipped to answer for myself.Â
Lea Anderson
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 19:56 — 3 Comments
When I view Lea’s work I can’t help but see her eye. I mean that quite literally. I see her eye, magnified, looking back at me through the lens of her microscope, reading and whispering the secrets of what she sees. Most of us can’t help but see things on the largest of scales, can’t help but imply grandeur to our perspective, to the now, the immediate world we experience. We see the grand implications in tiny motions, imply finality to the smallest of words and view the crust rather than the depth of the core. In Lea’s work we […]
Christiana Latham
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 19:39 — 0 Comments
Our eyes open in the morning and our brains sift through the scattered remains of the dream world to find us in the fog like a child frantically running home after a fall. What if, as the fog cleared, the clarity of our identity followed suit, showing up alongside consciousness to answer the eternal question of who and why we are. How would we then get out of bed and put on our shoes? This persistent quest is fundamental; it both defines and motivates us. Christiana Latham tosses these questions both into the air and right at the viewer. While […]
Kim Van Someren
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 18:54 — 2 Comments
We seem to search for empathy in places that lack both windows or doors. We find affinity in the isolation of autonomy and search for a partnership that cannot exist. Because, while one may see, the other cannot. Kim creates monolithic beings, Forts, which I imagine have traveled alone since the onset of time. They are followed by the shadows they cast, not from their shape but from the dots, dashes and crisscrossed lines of their unstopping movement. While they appear to float in their effortless progression, the drag marks in the road beg to differ, since these are the […]
Ian Gill
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 16:57 — 1 Comment
A Ring A Day A ring is a circle, a shape that by definition is “simpleâ€. It is a closed curve and a line that lacks beginning or end. It is both a constant and a boundary, yet a common occurrence, one that surrounds our daily lives. Even so, we often forget that this shape can be our means of finding the shortest distance between two points. Long ago, I decided that I wanted to feature Ian’s work on The Monarch Review because, quite simply, it inspires me. His process is about time, skill, craftsmanship and ritual. Ian’s Ring A […]
Tiffany Pruitt
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 9:51 — 0 Comments
I can’t tell you when the story began, only that it has traveled and evolved as we have from children into adults. Chena was from Alaska, she was a beautiful black and white Siberian Husky, found by my father during one of his adventures. Homeless and itching for family she came to live with us. As the tale goes, blessed by two little girls and a wonderful companion my mother and father could hope for nothing more, but longed for one more piece of life to round out the circle and complete the dream of their happy family. They asked […]
Francesca Lohmann
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 18:01 — 0 Comments
A few months ago I placed a flower between the pages of a beloved book for safe-keeping. An innocent act motivated by the need to preserve some tangible piece of a moment that moved too quickly, and a last ditch effort to hold time in suspension out of fear of its passing. But, it does, the minutes tick away and the pages of our lives turn without our notice and an entirely new chapter begins. While I wasn’t aware of it, the touch of this rose, smashed between the layers of a narrative, had colored the pages surrounding it. Its […]
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney
