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related info › www.mickiewintersart.com › Opening reception with Ben Sollee's Album, Learning to Bend  Debut Performance, An Evening of Music and Dance

other 2008 exhibitions › El Día de Los Muertos (MuertosDay of the Dead) › Tangled Up In You › Everybody Always Thinks They Are Right › Mickie Winters: Learning to Bend › Western Middle School Perspectives: Tableau Vivant › Marc Swanson: Beginning to See the Light › Marvin Francis: Prison's Paper Trail › Anthony Goicolea: Ramp

Mickie Winters: Learning to Bend Series

November 2007 - August 2008
Gallery 1, Atrium Level
Opening reception in conjunction with Ben Sollee cd release performance Nov 16th and 17th 2008

Artist's Statement

The very act of bending permeates all of existence.

Einstein's Equivalence Principle identifies light as a participant in the act of bending.

Rocks within the earth's crust bend under temperature pressures in order to endure tectonic stresses. Trees bend towards the sun.

We can notice the necessity of bending when it comes to the rest of the natural world, and in the same way dancers must bend and fold in relation to one another to maintain fluidity. Beyond the beauty of their physical bending, their bodies become metaphors for this metaphysical concept of bending.

This body of work was created in collaboration with musician Ben Sollee for his album Learning how to Bend.

Exhibited Works

Bend #1-16 (a series of 16 photos)
Dye-sublimation print on aluminum
Collection of 21c Museum Hotel
Image courtesy of the artist, © Mickie Winters

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2008 Exhibitions