Assemblages + Photographs

Assemblages + Photographs

Nov 4–24, 2004

Assemblages + Photographs featured artworks from Bärbel Helmert. “The most important aspect and emphasis in my work is blunt honesty: the act of confronting and setting free the whole range of emotional experiences, the juxtaposition of the negative and positive forces of life and its consequent death.” The assemblages were arrangements of miscellaneous materials–mundane, common, everyday things, that are transformed into objects that operate on a different level of awareness. The context of the materials and the imagery allowed for an examination of life’s dualities and dichotomies. The images were intended to engage the curiosity of the viewer and to provoke responses and interpretations based on personal experience.