Leave a little emptiness
Barbara Hatfield

April 1 - 26, 2008

Opening Reception: Thursday April 3rd, 6pm – 8pm

Hatfield draws the title of her exhibition from the writings of eighth century painter and poet Wang Wei. “Leave a little emptiness between the distant and the near.” Hatfield says, “ I was particularly struck by Wang Wei’s statement. I understand it as both instruction and invitation; it has become a guiding principle. It reminds me to breathe consciously, to be aware of the everyday and the commonplace, of the liveliness and possibility for beauty to be found in a single mark or a complete work. I am most interested in inquiry, in the energy, frequency and tone of a work. I am acutely aware of the energy of use in the cast-off and discarded, the constancy of change.”

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