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Gwen Diehn

Recently I have been making work that deals with multiple layers of experience that occur simultaneously. In all of these pieces the construction of stories by people to interpret consensual reality, as well as the intersection and interaction of these stories, creates a reality that is fractured and shifting. The pieces are not narrative in a linear sense, but the multiple elements can act as stimuli for the viewers to construct their own realities around the subject matter of the pieces.

The pieces are all part of a body of work that deals with temporary shelter-- that is, the ways in which we protect ourselves from the unknown, from the uncontrollable, from the very idea of temporality, from the unknowable, and from all those things that creep about in the night outside the circle of our small fires.

from Temporary Shelter

 

from Temporary Shelter
one-of-a-kind artists' book
watercolor, pen, relief prints
2003

from Temporary Shelter from Temporary Shelter
one-of-a-kind artists' book
watercolor, gouache, pen
2003
from Temporary Shelter
one-of-a-kind artists' book
watercolor, pen, relief prints
2003
from Temporary Shelter
 
Warren Wilson College Art Department
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Asheville NC 28815-9000
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