LYNDA ANDREWS-BARRY
Passage, 2020-2021, 30’0” x 10’-0” x 6’-0”, installation (driftwood, steel, copper, phosphorescent fabric, grommets, window screen, mechanical fasteners)
Pearl Dream 2020-2021, 4’-0” x 4’-0” x 4’-0”, installation (oyster shells, concrete, spun aluminum, steel, found buoy)
Quiet Code: Crossroads, 2021-2022, 4’-0” x 4’-0” x 2”, installation (sweet gum balls, steel flashing, recycled cardboard, mechanical fasteners, hardboard, latex paint, rare earth magnets)
Quiet Code: Flying Geese 2021-2022, 4’-0” x 4’-0” x 2”, installation (mixed metal keys, steel flashing, Astroturf, recycled cardboard, mechanical fasteners, hardboard, latex paint, rare earth magnets)
Quiet Code: North Star, 2021-2022, 4’-0” x 4’-0” x 2”, installation (river rocks, steel flashing, recycled cardboard, mechanical fasteners, hardboard, latex paint, rare earth magnets)
ARTIST STATEMENT
“I am interested in line, color, space, and audience. My artistic practice explores the integration of the natural and digital worlds, and employs contemporary computer aided design tools paired with the traditional conceptual techniques of drawing, painting, sewing, photography, and hand fabrication. My work asserts the craft-based primacy of the handmade, grounding itself in the modern world of technology.
I am currently incorporating digital media installations, video projections and sculpture into experimental groups of narratives which juxtapose the natural environment with the assembled one. I generate ideas for these projects through research and site visits, and attempt to showcase local environs in an unexpected format. Giving a voice to things often considered mundane allows me to combine storytelling with my skills as a designer, fabricator, and tech geek.
My compositions address power dynamics, conflict, loss, marginalization and deterioration. Through referencing the natural processes of dissolution, this work reflects aspects of existence on the edge of potential demise. I am attempting to reflect the often hidden or ignored ephemeral beauty in our shared environment, sometimes referred to as the “Humble Sublime.” By investigating how the relationships of ones’ actions affect the surrounding human landscape, I am expressing my deep concerns about our rapidly declining commonality.”