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Rachel Marks, Confinement Diary no. 1, 2020
Rachel Marks, Confinement Diary no. 1, 2020

Confinement Diary no. 1 from rachel marks on Vimeo.

Rachel Marks

Confinement Diary no. 1, 2020
Butterfly wings, pine needles, petals, leaves, abandoned book cover
24 x 18 cm
€3,000.00
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  • Confinement Diary no. 1
A natural diary that tells the intimate story of the artist's journey through confinement with nature.
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The delicate wings of the Idea leuconoe, often named Paper Kite or Nymph Butterfly make up the cover of this organic book sculpture. Mostly a butterfly from Asia, a way to escape, fly and travel through materials during a confinement in the artist’s studio. The interior pages are made up of flowers and leaves found in the artist’s garden in Montmartre- documenting the only access to nature during this restricted moment. A way to dream and write the artist’s intimate journey within herself. 

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"The organic books created during the confinement tell the intimate story of the artist Rachel Marks, who is cloistered in her studio. A reflection on the plant world began to emerge: plants and trees are by definition static, meaning that they cannot move or be moved in space. During the suspended time of confinement, the artist experienced a physical sensation similar to the rooting of a tree. Her body became a plant, frozen in the ground. Through the pages of her organic books, Rachel Marks deploys a writing style that is written in the language of nature, particularly that of the forest, which retains the sensuality of a mysterious, subterranean cellular life.

I believe that art should be used to improve the world and highlight the importance of our earth. Through my work, I encourage my viewers to understand their place in nature."
(www.artvisions.fr)

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