Persephone’s Table

Leslie Kiefer
Curated by Mira Hecht

Wednesday, October 2nd through Saturday, October 26th, 2024

Ensnared by the sudden blooming of a fragrant flower, Persephone was kidnapped by Hades and taken to the underworld, the Greek myth of the beginning of the cycle of life: death and rebirth.

In my own life, the near death of my beloved husband and his rebirth—transformed into a fresh and blossoming soul has embodied for me this cycle; loss, darkness, regret and then hope, joy and hard work harvesting the beauty of this new life.

My images reflect both the sadness of aging and death and rejoicing of beauty in the regeneration of life with ephemeral mixtures of memory.