Amy Finkbeiner - "I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."

Amy Finkbeiner - "I'm done hoping. Work is Sacred."
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  • Dimensions: Drawing: 32 x 40. Installation: dimensions variable.
  • Materials: Graphite on paper, fabric, shorn hair, wood, gold leaf, seashells, candles, incense
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  • Year Created: 2009 - 2011
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Artwork Description


This image is from a window installation of relics and ritual objects which were created as offerings in homage to Pina Bausch, 1940-2009. A bar of sunlight from the window is working its way across the drawing.

Amy Finkbeiner

Amy Finkbeiner

I am interested in making things for ritual use, such as devotional icons, altars, votive candles, ceremonial vestments, tattoos, and talismans. My work functions as a cult of worship and is based in my personal experiences. Much of what I make is done in simple homage to my heroes. My work has been greatly influenced by poets, mystics, musicians, and artists like Patti Smith, Julian of Norwich, and Hannah Wilke, to name only a few. I was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. I live in Brooklyn. I received a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1990, and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2001. I have attended residencies at The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Vermont Studio Center, and the Carmelite Monastery in Indianapolis. Selected exhibitions venues include: in New York, Abrons Arts Center, Smack Mellon Gallery, Women’s Theatre Project, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, David Nolan Gallery, Autoversion Ltd. Gallery, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, and Invisible NYC Gallery; Galleri Niklas Belenius in Stockholm; Washington and Lee University Gallery in Lexington, Virginia; Good Children Gallery in New Orleans; and Samson Projects in Boston.

Website: amyfinkbeiner.com/

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