METABOLISM
jEANIE kEYS
MARCH 14 - MAY 12
Metabolism embodies the concept of constant change and transformation in a tightly regulated process to maintain life.
This body of work is an attempt to express the emotions around the process of and the significance of each material object we hold onto. I explore the importance each piece holds as a memory, as family history, as cultural meaning including the beauty and status of and how it was used and by whom.
I work with vulnerable materials easily destroyed. I sew the pieces together as a method of constant repair. I explore the table setting and the use or nonuse……the Hungarian folk symbols…the use of animal motifs as sculptural folklore…the conditioned female roles generationally…..all stored in my body of memories from childhood emotionally and the china cabinet physically. The collaged paper shapes symbolize the journeys from home to home. The sewing also reflects a map charting migration routes.
Dismantling the formality of conditioned habits and thinking, I explore the emotional weight of keeping precious material objects as a valuable action and expectation generation to generation.
Untitled 1, approx. 44 x 105”, mixed media on paper, $4,200
Untitled 2, approx. 46 x 95”, mixed media on paper, $4,200
Untitled 3, approx. 44 x 58”, mixed media on paper, $3,200
Untitled 4, approx. 46 x 85”, mixed media on paper, $3,200
Untitled 5, approx. 44 x 96”, mixed media on paper, $4,200
Untitled 6, approx. 50 x 90”, mixed media on paper, $4,200
Untitled 7, approx. 44 x 105”, mixed media on paper, $4,200
JEANIE KEYS
Jeanie was born of Hungarian immigrant parents who had settled in the beautiful little town of Luray, Va. She has been forming and building things ever since. Jeanie owned her own art/framing business for 30 years and partnered with Nordstrom Dept. Stores selling her prints nationally for 11 years. She will continue to work in the creative fields until the end.