Janice Caswell's Mental Maps

Cherryville, New Jersey, 2004

This from Caswell on her website:

My drawings and installations are representations of mental maps. The impetus for this work is a strong desire to capture and catalog experience, a desire that has its origins in a transient childhood. Moving often—as my family did—alters the connection between memory and place. In leaving places behind, one loses the chance to relive experiences by revisiting a space.

I really enjoyed what I saw of Caswell's work online. The only problem that I have with viewing mixed media pieces in a more or less two-dimensional space is that you are always unsure how the work would strike you in a gallery setting. Nevertheless, these pieces look great in two dimensions and I am sure they are even better in person.

The Time Traveler's Wife, 2004

Posted by Paul Hina at May 30, 2005 12:45 PM