Staci Strauss
Artist Statement
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Woven photographs.
Reframing the past, rebuilding the broken- kintsukuroi for the soul.
Kintsukuroi- or “golden repair” is the Japanese art of mending broken ceramics, the idea being that the lovingly repaired object gains beauty in the fix.
The world is broken, breaking more and more every day- yet always on the mend.
Some memories recombine beautifully to make what used to be better than before.
Others remain fragmented outdated notions- things that are best left behind or forgiven and accepted as they are now- in pieces.
Broken Beauty
1987- BFA University California, Santa Barbara focus on Installation, Sculpture and Photography
1989-2002 Set Designer, Art Director in Television and Film
2004 Exhibition of Abstract Paintings, Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Art, NYC
2005-2019 Producer, 60 Short Documentaries with a focus on Real Food and Sustainable Agriculture
2023- Began printing and weaving personal photographs for this collection- Broken Beauty