There is nothing permanent except Change

Harriet Lesser

June 23, 2021 to July 17, 2021

 

The idea for this series started while I was driving our dog Caesar to a doggie daycare facility in an industrial part of Rockville. Each time I drove through, I could see from the road an immense mountain of car parts, appliance parts, wheels, and tires, and could hear the crashing of machinery.

The pandemic had been going on for months and continuing. Each time I passed the mountain I wanted to see more. I pulled into their driveway several times and was allowed to get closer to the moving, dissolving landscape.

I thought about how I felt during the pandemic and how I saw my life and the life of others reflected in those parts. I took photographs and worked on them with graphite, paint and photo transfer. Looking at the pieces closely I could imagine where they had been before and where they might end up: reworked melted metal or unidentifiable junk transformed into something fresh and new.

 

 
 

Escape Route
Mixed media photo transfer
17 1/2 x 18 in. (30 x 24 in. framed)
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Leftovere Yellow
Mixed media photo transfer
17 1/2 x 18 in. (30 x 24 in. framed)
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Homage to a wheel rim I
Silicone
8 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.
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The wheels on the bus go…
Mixed media photo transfer
17 1/2 x 18 in. (30 x 24 in. framed)
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Car landscape
Mixed media photo transfer
17 1/2 x 18 in. (30 x 24 in. framed)
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Slinky
Mixed media photo transfer
15 3/4 x 20 in. (24 x 30 in. framed)
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Homage to a wheel rim II
Silicone
6 1/2 x 11 x 3 1/4 in.
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Rebuilding
Mixed media photo transfer
17 1/2 x 18 in. (30 x 24 in. framed)
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V Power
Mixed media photo transfer
17 1/2 x 18 in. (30 x 24 in. framed)
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Cobalt fender at rest
Mixed media photo transfer
17 1/2 x 18 in. (30 x 24 in. framed)
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Where do we go from here
Mixed media photo transfer
7 3/4 x 10 in. (12 x 18 in. framed)
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