Valerie Hird : Origination : October 22-November 15, 2014

Object Details

Notes: Exhibition catalog.
Summary: "In her new exhibition origination, Valerie Hird returns to the four elements of nature explored in her previous work, THE FIFTH DAY. While that phase was devoted to the generation of those elements, this group describes their interaction in a timeless cycle of creation. Hird depicts each element as a strand, interlacing itself with others and ultimately forming the Elemental Knot. The body of work itself operates much like a strand within the larger series, proving indispensable to the resulting layers of complexity. Valerie Hird's imagery is the product of numerous trips through the Middle East, Central Asia and Latin America. Merging her experiences with the symbols of various creation mythologies, she has spun a multi-dimensional cosmology of her own. This amalgam is a complex and personal interpretation of enduring motifs, from the intertwined loops of Solomon's knot to the Islamic interlace patterns to the plaits of the Celtic crosses - even traces of the Chinese Yin and Yang can be discerned." -- Nohra Haime Gallery website.