Burial Grove/Megan Hamilton
10.21-
11.11.2022
Burial Grove is an invitation to think of and commune with the dead. A moment to meditate and reflect. A sacred grove, a resting place. Composed of a variety of materials, an assemblage of paintings on unstretched canvas soaked in cathartic gestural abstract painting feature image transfers tiled creating a window like opening on their surface.
01 - Exhibition Statement
Burial Grove is a space of contemplation, a memorial, a space to acknowledge longing and grief, to remember, to feel our emotions, to slow down for a moment, to send a message to our departed spirits and hold them close in our minds and hearts. An invitation to think of and commune with the dead
The photographs on these paintings focus on the figure in nature and the figure in abandoned domestic spaces, spaces of transition. They conjure loss and longing, psychologically charged glimpses into the emotional depths of grief. They act as a flicker of memories, memories that remain to haunt us after a loved one passes on.
Bog Body, 2021 painting, image transfer, charcoal, on unstretched canvas
Bog Body, 2021 painting, image transfer, charcoal, on unstretched canvas
Bog Body, 2021 painting, image transfer, charcoal, on unstretched canvas
Blister, 2022 painting, image transfer, pastel, on unstretched canvas
The process of image transfers mirrors memory, worn away over time, fading, pieces missing, disintegrating under pressure. Windows are used as a reoccurring symbol of the threshold into the liminal, an entryway into the other side or spiritual plain. An entryway between here and elsewhere.
triptych, 2022 found stain glass windows, image transfer collage
fragments, 2022 image transfers on canvas
triptych, 2022 found stain glass windows, image transfer collage
triptych, 2022 found stain glass windows, image transfer collage
triptych, 2022 found stain glass windows, image transfer collage
fragments, 2022 image transfers on canvas
fragments, 2022 image transfers on canvas
fragments, 2022 image transfers on canvas
A stone spiral labyrinth acts as a shrine or ritualistic symbol to slow down and channel your energy and thoughts into, to journey inwards ever briefly. Hand collected river stones that make up this labyrinth symbolize the cycles of life and death, of ritual, of the earth and our return, of connecting with oneself and the land, of journeying, growth, the passage of time. They bring grounding into a somber space, allowing hope to exist alongside longing and loss.
labyrinth, 2022 river stones
labyrinth, 2022 river stones
labyrinth, 2022 river stones
Memory haunts the living, longing and nostalgia hold us hostage. Burial Grove questions boundaries, between emotions, between here and elsewhere, inside, and outside, a place existing between life and death. A grave side. A journey into grief.
Black and Blue, 2021 painting, image transfer, charcoal, on unstretched canvas
Black and Blue, 2021 painting, image transfer, charcoal, on unstretched canvas