Kristina E. Knipe
Talisman
Jul 3 - 27, 2024
These images are an excerpt from my ongoing body of work Talisman. Working collaboratively, I locate gestures in objects and the traces of community care. My artmaking practice is a way to make the invisible - memory, desire, and dreams - visible.
We create the meaning of objects through our performance of them; in my images I deconstruct and question the inherent meaning of objects. I investigate both object as vessel of memory and object as symbol. My process is informed by DIY spaces that reclaim mess and the discarded as a valued, necessary and useful resource. I layer found materials, plant life, and talismans with my collaborators often directly onto the body. I reference the ground as a site of death and rebirth, a symbol of the transformation of the body back to earth. Photography is an imperfect container for my hopes, desires, and grief.
In-Person Artist Talk
Sat, Jul 6, 2 PM
Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Kristina E. Knipe (American, b. 1990, she/they) is an artist and educator who makes her home between Brooklyn and New Orleans. Her work has been exhibited at The Contemporary Art Center of New Orleans, SF Camera work, The Copenhagen Photography Festival, and numerous collective artist-run spaces in New Orleans, Louisiana. She earned her BFA at NYU Tisch School of the Arts in 2012 and her MFA from Tulane University in 2016 and in 2023 she attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Knipe is a recipient of a Film Photo Award and a Clarence John Laughlin Award.