{"id":457,"date":"2014-09-19T21:17:59","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T21:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneahrens.com\/?page_id=457"},"modified":"2021-02-19T01:14:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T01:14:33","slug":"artists-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.juneahrens.com\/?page_id=457","title":{"rendered":"Artist&#8217;s Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"height: 405px;\" width=\"980\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 180px; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 420px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Over the years my art has explored the issues of fragility, vulnerability, danger, and healing. These themes continue to surface, especially today and I respond to them as best I can &#8211; through a visual language that takes many forms and shapes, often unexpected and surprising. I have learned to let the work lead me and to embrace the openness of what lies ahead. It goes beyond what we know and asks \u201cwhat if?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I create sculptures and site-dependent installations and digital work that incorporate everyday materials such as cement board, repurposed glass, powdered chalk, filters and mirrors. I isolate these materials to refocus the viewers\u2019 attention toward exploring and examining their own thoughts and feelings. The work continues to mine the materials of mass culture, creating an alternative world and an environment that transcends boundaries. I want to create a map of awareness, bringing the past into the present.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>\u201cA\u00a0cry, almost a song, to mourn what has been lost while its memory refuses to\u00a0depart, and a cry to celebrate what has been left, however little, to infuse it\u00a0with\u00a0residues of old knowledge.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Ishmael Beah, from\u00a0Radiance of Tomorrow: A Novel<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 180px; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Over the years my art has explored the issues of fragility,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":455,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-457","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneahrens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneahrens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneahrens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneahrens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneahrens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=457"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneahrens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":854,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneahrens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/457\/revisions\/854"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneahrens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneahrens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}