 Reflecting a desire to create a fantasy world based on spacial memories and experience, Erin Treacy's paintings transform the viewer into an ant, lost among the clutter searching for the familiar. Her new mixed media paintings introduce the use of architectural imagery. Stairs, bridges, walls, fences, windows, doors, and ladders are now interlaced into her abstract compositions. These connectors, entrances, and borders are loaded with many connotations. Bridges, stairs, and ladders create union between disparate spaces, they offer paths to overcome physical obstacles. Fences, walls, and windows enclose a space offering protection, yet the associated confinement of these structures can also be associated with restriction and possession. These dualities reflect upon Treacy's past work where she focused on the fantasy and falsity in memory. By referencing a mental index of locations that are simultaneously everywhere and nowhere, she continues to examine the idea that shifts in time and overlaps in memory result in a disjointed timeline. |
