EXPO ‘Amy Tavern : I Live Here Now’ – Four, Gothenburg (Sweden) – 4 Avril – 3 Mai 2014

Amy Tavern : I Live Here Now

jewelry and objects about home
a solo exhibition at Four in Gothenburg, Sweden April 4-May 3

The American artist Amy Tavern’s work often consists of memories, processed and transformed. Reinterpreted by the viewer they become platforms for discussions and new ideas.

”I make abstract thoughts concrete and tangible and further alter the memory itself beyond what happens naturally. The pieces are based on memories that are specific to me but the moments and feelings are truly universal. Ultimately, by creating these objects, I preserve my memories, make the fleeting more permanent”  – Amy Tavern

 

Amy Tavern – Silently (I Saw a Robin Today) installation my mother’s wedding dress

Amy Tavern – Silently (I Saw a Robin Today) necklace, view 1 – the lining of my mother’s wedding dress, cotton string, sterling silver, spray paint

Amy Tavern – Forget Me Not sterling silver, spray paint, picture of my father, my father’s hair

Amy Tavern – Forget Me Not, detail sterling silver, spray paint, picture of my father, my father’s hair

  Amy Tavern Forget Me Not and Silhouette
sterling silver, spray paint, picture of my father, my father’s hair, cardboard Photo: Hank Drew

Wayfinder – brass, address book, compass, pencil, a key to my parents’ house

Amy Tavern Never Let Me Down, pocket watch detail brass, cursive writing practice paper, handkerchief, cotton thread

Amy Tavern We Walk on the Same Ground brass, sterling silver, porcelain spoons, dirt collected by 23 friends

Amy Tavern Since 1882, Since 1976 necklace, view 1 stones from the foundation of my childhood home, sterling silver, vintage blue velvet box

Amy Tavern Since 1882, Since 1976 – earrings & ring -  stones from the foundation of my childhood home, sterling silver

 

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