Alchemy of Time—Reclaiming what has been Abandoned
Illumigarden, in Mill Valley, Features Artist Judyth Greenburgh on May 6th
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How did Judyth Greenburgh, a successful creative director in advertising from London, find her way to Darwin, a remote mining ghost town on the edge of Death Valley?
Like many others, she felt soothed, inspired and held by the bareness and openness of the land. It is in Darwin that she could relax into and listen to life and it is here that she began to live her real calling. Artist. In Darwin, a mining town from the 1870’s, she spent hours wandering the canyons and mountains finding life as it was, a way of living that had passed. As she came upon abandon cars, tires, bed frames and the skeletons of miner’s cabins, she was drawn into a relationship to the story of what had been left. About the Art What called her creative process into action was the meeting and seeing of piles of rusted tin cans, literally tossed out the window and left. In these dumps she saw the scalability of the repetitive shapes of the thousands of cans, some over 85 years old, and felt attracted to the uniformity of the rust color, how the dents cast shadows and the how the alchemy of time turned trash into treasures. She felt she had found rusty jewels and calls this genre– Apocalyptic Art; Birth from the Ashes. |
“Darwin’s post apocalypse landscape is studded with mines, and acres of old tin can dumps. I was intrigued by the oxidation of time. How metal rusts, copper patinas. The juxtaposition of shine with rust/ patina. How this layer transforms common trash into something worth considering,” Judyth Greenburgh, Artist
She gathered her jewels and began lay them out in patterns. The repeating forms taking a shape in themselves making a statement about something we usually ignore.
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EVENT DETAIL
What: Alchemy of Time, Featured Artist Presentation, Judyth Greenburgh Time: May 6th, 2014 at 7:00 PM Where: Mill Valley Art Walk Illumigarden 35 Corte Madera Ave Mill Valley, CA 94941 About Judyth Greenburgh Judyth Greenburgh is an award-winning photographer, creative director and artist who has influenced elections, changed opinions, made us think, and delighted our hearts. She has 28 years experience in premium brand development and design for a grand array of projects in different parts of the world and has art in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. She splits her time between her houseboat in Sausalito and her house made of containers in Darwin. You can find out more about her work here: http://www.copperattractions.com/ and here: http://www.jgreenburgh.com |
About Illumigarden
Illumigarden is not your average gallery. It is a magical oasis, that dropped out of another world to delight us. It is an experience located in the heart of Mill Valley and populated with garden sculptures and artwork from over 50 artists that is illuminated with mood-rendering garden lighting. It is a space that has evolved over 8 years through openness, love and trust, a gift to the community. Stop by for tea, a rest in the hammock or a game of chess, even in the middle of the night. http://www.illumigarden.com/ CONTACT: Megan McFeely [email protected] 415 609 8707 |
