{"product_id":"epiphany-knedler-correspondances-2","title":"Epiphany Knedler — Correspondances #2","description":"\u003cp\u003eArt is an accessible method for telling stories, particularly those that are overlooked. My work explores the way we romanticize and understand our histories. Using Midwestern aesthetics, I use the archive, history, and social contexts to create conversations through imagery and installation. By borrowing, copying, manipulating, altering, and reinterpreting history, my work both preserves and challenges our preconceived notions. Using photographs, found objects, and imagery, I construct a dialogue about how we interpret and repeat our histories. Stories are my compass in my artwork, guided by a quote from author Rebecca Solnit, where she discusses how we use stories by “build[ing] our sanctuaries and our prisons out of them, and to be without a story is to be lost in the vastness of a world that spreads in all directions like arctic tundra or sea ice.”  My work explores the role images play with truth and distortion in our memories, expressing personal narratives while investigating the larger historical and contemporary social and political narratives. I am drawn to the ways these narratives have been shared throughout history: the New Topographics’ urban landscapes, Pop Art’s use of kitsch, the YBA's indelible critiques using everyday objects, and Rococo's subtly evocative stories. The explorations of these works create an advancement in the creative field following the cultural shift of sharing untold histories, inclusivity, and critiquing social and political narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough interdisciplinary materials like images, archival photographs, found objects, and installation, I explore material approaches to sharing our histories and memories. My work brings new conversations to our stories, uncovering authentic narratives about the world we live in today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Epiphany Knedler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51658888773938,"sku":"CORR26-EPIPHANY-KNEDLER-2","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/4869\/8160\/files\/Epiphany_Knedler_02.jpg?v=1787769104","url":"https:\/\/thecurators.com\/ar\/products\/epiphany-knedler-correspondances-2","provider":"The Curators","version":"1.0","type":"link"}