Flat Granny and Me by Jenny Fine opens at The Walnut Gallery this Friday (June 12th) from 7-9pm. I spent part of today at The Walnut Gallery assisting with set up and prep for Friday nights show. The installation, or set if you will, beautifully brings the outdoors inside with 12′ pine trees, a beautiful 360 degree view of a lovely cotton field printed on delicate tissue paper, and tree branches covered with Spanish moss overhead. The exhibit is an interesting mix of photography, mixed media, and performance art. The installation is still underway but what’s up is beautiful and surreal. It creates a dreamy space I’m sure most of us would enjoy lounging in for hours or days. Needless to say, I’m looking forward to seeing the completed installation and performance. Do check out the performance Friday night if you’re in the area. If not, check out Jenny’s artist statement and preview video, and then imagine how much cooler it would be to see it in person. 😉

Flat Granny and Me: A Procession in My Mind from Jenny Fine on Vimeo.

I photographed my grandmother for the last ten years of her life. Since her death, I continue to want to make work alongside her. Inspired by the “Flat Daddies” project – life-sized photos of military members that help families cope during deployments, I created “Flat Granny” as a stand-in for my deceased grandmother. “Flat Granny” is a cardboard cutout of my grandmother made from the images I took of her while she was alive. In recent attempts to reanimate her still image, I turned “Flat Granny” into a photographic costume.

 

For more information visit The Walnut Gallery’s Facebook Page and check out more work by Jenny Fine at her website: jennyfine.com.