Past Exhibition

Art on Demand 1.4

Artists Daniel Hurst & Fiona Moes Pel and Curated by Alisha Deddens
Oct 29, 2015
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Nov 29, 2015
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In Art on Demand 1.4, artists Daniel Hurst and Fiona Moes Pel address immaterial or abstract aspects of identity.

Daniel Hurst’s series explores the spiritual and scientific significance of bodily remnants. These abstract forms resemble fingerprint scans and are created out of human hair. This work was inspired by a conversation that Hurst had with a Missionary working in West Africa about the spiritual practice of Vodoun. In this belief system hair trimmings and nail clippings are often burned or buried, because it is believed that these remnants, though separated from the body, still carry the spirit of that person. Similarly, forensic science concludes that DNA found in hair and nails does indeed carry something of a person’s essence through specific genetic coding. The artist’s work draws from these contrasting perspectives which both suggest that seemingly insignificant fragments of our bodies are links to our essential selves. Using hair as a primary material Hurst joins two disparate systems of knowledge.

In a world inundated with the flat, digital surface, Fiona Moes Pel seeks to create images that ponder what it means to be viscerally human and spiritually attuned. Using wine stains, string and other, more conventional materials, Moes Pel depicts a variety of prayer poses, integrating this imagery with fleeting forms found in the natural landscape. Shapes such as tree shadows, snowcaps, and wave rhythms remind us that we apprehend our environment through our senses, and are part of something much larger than ourselves.

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