Whitney Stansell opens her book at the Swan Coach House
<i>The Happening, the Remembering, The Recounting</i> will exhibit three books as well as the drawings that the books were based on.
- Courtesy Whitney Stansell
Whitney Stansell will present her latest body of work, a multi-volume hand-printed book, at the Swan Coach House this Thursday, October 7. The Happening, the Remembering, The Recounting will exhibit three books as well as the drawings that the books were based on. Stansell has been pretty busy lately - Between You and Me, her massive collaboration with husband and video artist Micah Stansell, was the highlight of Flux 2010 for many - but she made some time to share few peeks at these books and explain a little about the project.
Your last show at Whitespace worked around a story from your family history. Do the characters explored in The Happening, The Remembering, The Recounting overlap with the characters in that narrative?
Yes, these characters, like those in my previous work, are pulled from family stories and neighbors in my hometown. The characters’ lives collectively span a period over the past 100 years.