Music From a Garden at Dusk
-New Work by Sandra SheehyNovember 29, 2012 – January 12, 2013
Cavin-Morris Gallery New York, New York
Music From a Garden at Dusk, New Work by Sandra Sheehy November 29, 2012 – January 12, 2013
Sandra Sheehy creates biomorphic and zoomorphic constructions using thread, shells, layers of paper, sequins, yarn, beads, and painted textiles. Over the ten years that the gallery has represented her, the work has become increasingly dense and dreamlike. She wrote the following about her most recent pieces: I make many pieces of work in the garden, surrounded by insect and bird life. Many miniature worlds, some co-exsisting, some waging battles against each other. Although I am happily ensconced in my own world, their worlds seep into mine. Spiders’ tightly bound bundles of larder and curled leaves hiding black eggs. Dragonflies’ iridescence and bright daylight butterflies shifting over to moths’ mutedness in the evening. Eveything so full of boisterous, desperate life. And then the quiet, stillness. Cupping abandoned nests in my hands, redundant cocoons turning slowly to papery nothingness and the sadness of the swifts leaving. When all the pieces were done, I laid them on the floor. Seeing them lying side by side gave me a feeling unlike any other work I have made, a feeling of quiet and solemnity. Some of the pieces I made seemed to need burning to release them, which seemed a destructive thing to do after so much time spent making them. The burning revealed parts that I had made and then hid from view and like a forest fire it gave new things light and space to breathe and grow. Bringing things full circle.
Untitled, 2011 Mixed Media/Fabric 16 x 5 x 4 inches 40.6 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm SSe 70
Untitled, 2012 Mixed media/ Fabric 25.5 x 6 x 5 inches 64.8 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm SSe 83
Untitled, 2008 Mixed media 8 x 5.25 x .25 inches 20.3 x 13.3 x .6 cm SSe 61
Untitled, 2007 Mixed media/fabric 10.5 x 7.5 x 3.5 inches 26.7 x 19.1 x 8.9 cm SSe 56
Untitled, 2007 Mixed media/fabric 7 x 6.5 x 1.25 inches 17.8 x 16.5 x 3.2 cm SSe 58
Untitled, 2007 Mixed media/fabric 10.75 x 9.5 x 1.5 inches 27.3 x 24.1 x 3.8 cm SSe 60
Untitled, 2007 Mixed media/fabric 12.5 x 9 x 1 inches 31.8 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm SSe 59
Untitled, 2007 Mixed media/fabric 10.25 x 10.5 x .75 inches 26 x 26.7 x 1.9 cm SSe 51
Untitled, 2012 Mixed media/ Fabric 14.5 x 8.5 x 6.5 inches 36.8 x 21.6 x 16.5 cm SSe 77
Untitled, 2008 Mixed media/Fabric 17 x 6.25 x 1.5 inches 43.2 x 15.9 x 3.8 cm SSe 63
Untitled, 2012 Mixed media/ Fabric 22.5 x 6.5 x 6.5 inches 57.2 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm SSe 75
Untitled, 2007 Mixed media/Fabric 24.5 x 10.5 x 2 inches 62.2 x 26.7 x 5.1 cm SSe 57
Untitled, 2012 Mixed media/ Fabric 53 x 8 x 7 inches 134.6 x 20.3 x 17.8 cm SSe 72
Untitled, 2012 Mixed media/ Fabric 72 x 6 x 5 inches 182.9 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm SSe 73
Untitled, 2006 Mixed media/ canvas 4 x 3 x 1 in (10.2 x 7.6 x 2.5 cm) Signed On Back SSe 47
Untitled, 2006 Cotton, wool, paper and beads 45 x 8 x 2.25 inches 114.3 x 20.3 x 5.7 cm SSe 49
Untitled, 2004 Mixed media/canvas 7.25 x 7.25 in (18.4 x 18.4 cm) SSe 36
Untitled, 2012 Mixed media/ Fabric 6.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 inches 16.5 x 8.9 x 6.4 cm SSe 79
Untitled, 2012 Mixed media/ Fabric 8 x 5 x 4 inches 20.3 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm SSe 78
Untitled, 2012 Mixed media/ Fabric 5.5 x 3 x 2.5 inches 14 x 7.6 x 6.4 cm SSe 81
Untitled, 2012 Mixed media/ Fabric 6 x 3 x 2.5 inches 15.2 x 7.6 x 6.4 cm SSe 80
Untitled, 2012 Mixed media/ Fabric 5.5 x 3 x 2.5 inches 14 x 7.6 x 6.4 cm SSe 82
Untitled, 2005 Mixed media/canvas 3.5 x 7 x 11 in 8.9 x 17.8 x 27.9 cm SSe 42
Untitled, 2007 Mixed media/fabric 28 x 11.75 x 4 inches 71.1 x 29.8 x 10.2 cm SSe 54
Untitled, 2012 Mixed media/ Fabric 26 x 12.5 x 9 inches 66 x 31.8 x 22.9 cm SSe 74
Untitled, 2011 Mixed media/Fabric 22.5 x 12 x 9 inches 57.2 x 30.5 x 22.9 cm SSe 71
Untitled, 2012 Mixed media/ Fabric 18 x 7 x 6.5 inches 45.7 x 17.8 x 16.5 cm SSe 76
Cavin-Morris Gallery, 2013 New York, NY
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