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Helena Domenic: Masks, Myths & Magic

Presented by Twenty-Two Gallery at Twenty-Two Gallery

July 8-August 7, 2011

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"My work is about exploring the places between and apart from ordinary reality. Many of my paintings are about giving birth, whether that process is about literally giving birth or the act of creation in all of its forms. I’m fascinated by stories of life after death. I believe in rebirth, and a life between lives. I believe we each have the opportunity to give birth to ourselves over and over again, as we go through the changes of life...I am interested in ritual and the nexus between ritual and art. I create ritual for rites of passage, for me these are about birth, death, and rebirth. Acts of transformation, from one state to another, are of immense importance to me. Sacred spaces, too, are important – liminal places where one may experience transformation from one state, or one place, to another...I am an educator. I see teaching as a calling, a vocation, a means for helping others go from one place to another. Through education, we transform ourselves; my students teach me as much as I teach them, perhaps they teach me more. Studying and teaching the history of art – both western and African art–reminds me of my own place in the cosmos, and of how context and perception shape our experiences of art."--Helena Domenic