kim salerno "white sea"
on a snowy snowy day our class met in artspace on the corner of orange and crown. The curator was more than accommodating. she spent some time talking to us about what it is like to curate her space, for example, what kind of projects they commissioned and how she communicated with the artists. what makes this area unique is it is actually a bunch of smaller gallery spaces combined, each occupied by a different artist.
my favorite was "white sea" by kim salerno of newport, ri. she used paper pins and thread to make a beautiful three dimentional scene of delicate jellyfish suspended from the ceiling. they were so delicate and whimsical. never in a million years would i look at a plain sheet of printer paper and think, wow this would make a great jellyfish sculpture. walking into her portion of the gallery reminded me of the jellyfish scene in "finding nemo". after meeting through an architectual career, kim now works on fine arts and her husband with marine animals. she draws her inspiration from his work and likes to show their strong geometric shapes. her installation has moved but pictures can be viewed at http://artspacenh.org/artists/KSalerno. her personal page can be found at http://www.kimsalerno.com . these are the sites the link will hopefully be up and running tomorrow!
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