{"id":11245,"date":"2023-12-17T10:45:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T15:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/?p=11245"},"modified":"2023-12-17T10:45:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T15:45:56","slug":"elaine-luther","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/elaine-luther","title":{"rendered":"Elaine Luther"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Richmond<\/em>
8\u201d (exclusive of the long satin ties); skeleton leaves, archival tissue paper, embroidered ribbon, satin
ribbon; 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Elaine Luther
River Forest, Illinois, USA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motherhood, art, death. It\u2019s all tied up for me.
My brother Joe died during \u201cthe time of death.\u201d That\u2019s what we call it. In fifteen months, eight beloved people\u2014family, friends, an infant\u2014died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a while, my husband and I would say, \u201cIt can\u2019t get any worse.\u201d
Then it would get worse, so we stopped saying that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2005, my baby daughter died.
Before I had kids, I had lots of time, but nothing to say. Now, with three kids, I have no time, but I have something to say, and I\u2019m not afraid. There\u2019s tremendous power in tremendous loss. I see the little bits and pieces left behind at the playground\u2014a barrette, a pencil, a scrap of ribbon. Who left it? Did they notice it was gone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I see the mystery of a little piece of a broken toy, how it becomes unrecognizable. What is it? What was its purpose?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ordinary things like a bread tab inspire a new design in my jewelry. These are the things that make up my daily life as a mom\u2014bread tabs and lost barrettes and parts of broken toys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I find meaning, and solace, and remembrance in the ordinary things that are left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elaine Luther is an artist whose work explores death, motherhood and doing the dishes. She finds that the more honest she is in her art, the more others can connect with it. Her art has been exhibited nationally and internationally, notably in Chicago at Woman Made Gallery and in London. Solo shows include Harold Washington Library, West Englewood Public Library and multiple micro-galleries, including two in the United Kingdom. She lives in Chicagoland with her family, where she\u2019s also the gallerist for a series of 12\u201d x 12\u201d box galleries where she puts on shows of miniature art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ARTIST CONTACT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[click to email<\/a>]
www.elainelutherart.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Love, Grandmother<\/em>
12″ square (handkerchief); skeleton leaves, archival tissue paper, vintage handkerchief; 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Is the Modern Housewife a Lady of Leisure?<\/em>
18″x42″; Found quilt fragment and doilies, custom printed fabric created by the artist. Faux Dresden plate fabric is made from scans of a vintage textbook. The fabric on the left with text is made of scans of a 1929
government report from the Bureau of Home Economics (a division of the Department of Agriculture). The report surveyed woman about how much time they spent on housework and the average was 51 hours. They remarked, \u201cIf this is a part time job, we wonder what a full time job would look like?\u201d; 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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51 Hours<\/em>
18″x30″; Found quilt fragments, custom printed fabric, rice bag. The fabric of the largest circle, with text, is made of scans of a 1929 government report from the Bureau of Home Economics (a division of the Department of Agriculture). The report surveyed women about how much time they spent on housework and the average was 51 hours. They remarked, \u201cIf this is a part time job, we wonder what a full time job would look like?\u201d; 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rights Wall at Northern Illinois University<\/em>
30″x30″ (central, largest element) and 20″ (scrubs that say \u201cCare Work Makes All Work Possible”; central, largest element: painted wall paper, tulle and found quilt fragment. Vintage blue doily printed with light reactive dye; scrubs shirt, printed and mounted on canvas. Below and to the left: collage on canvas mounted on a wood panel. On the right: custom fabric; 2022
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