This is not a frame

Artist Description

In this work, I consider possibilities and constraints related to the concept of “the frame.” Using a familiar object – the picture frame – I question whether it is a container or a window. A frame can capture a single moment in time, as in a still life. It can be an aperture through which we view something happening. It can hold a mirror. I invite viewers to ask, How does a frame help or hinder our understanding of time and experience? And what belongs in a frame, anyway? Certainly not a rock.

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Visual Description of Piece

A picture frame is nested inside another picture frame. Inside the open frames, rocks are suspended on strings. Surrounding the frame is a pile of rocks, a few of which are covered in tissue paper colored white, purple, and green.