Toxic Nostalgia

Description

Memory is a mysterious thing. It would seem that we often long for times past, when daily life seemed simpler, the sun was brighter, the breeze was cooler, everyone had enough to eat and happiness reigned. A fantasy.

Somewhere, beneath these nostalgic longings, dark memories linger, especially for women.

These “dresses” have hidden messages viewable with the included UV flashlight. There are 12 “dresses” that can be pinned to the wall, hung on a “clothesline,” suspended from the ceiling.

Wall Art: Textile, Fiber on Soft (Yarn, Cotton, Fabric).

[su_box title=”Susan Hensel” box_color=”#2a6bb0″] Susan Hensel is a multidisciplinary artist, with a 50+ year career, who combines a mixed media practice with embroidery across digital and manual platforms. Susan received her BFA from the University of Michigan in 1972 with a double major in painting and sculpture and a concentration in ceramics. With a history, to date, of over 200 exhibitions, more than 30 of them solo, twenty garnering awards. Above all, Hensel’s desire to communicate stories through art continues to be a powerful motivator. Hensel’s artwork is known and collected nationwide, represented in collecting libraries and museums. [/su_box]