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Walking into the Jill Reynolds exhibit The Shape of Breath can be a slightly intimidating experience. As Reynolds herself points out, "[The exhibit is] meant to be experienced as one thing. When you're entering the room, you're entering the piece...
...What I try to do with my work in general is keep the possible associations as wide open as possible," she adds as she gazes at the second part of her exhibit, "so that the viewer[s] can bring their own experiences to the piece." With a smile, she comments that one viewer of the next piece, a tangled-looking work dubbed Exhalation, was quick to pick up on its "definite influence of Dr. Seuss-aesthetic." Several good-sized hollow glass letters dangle between the ceiling and a podium, suspended by clear fishing wire and connected by flesh-colored rubber...
...easy to enjoy Landscape for its simple aesthetics, and nothing more: The piece is drenched with both wonders for the eye to view and metaphors for the mind to play with. "Fundamentally, metaphor is the basic unit of thought," Reynolds declares as she presses a small button to the exhibit's right...
What is so enjoyable and intriguing about Reynolds's new exhibit is that it can be appreciated on so many different levels. The quirky pieces in the exhibit are certainly a pleasure simply to observe. But the breathtaking expanse of metaphors laden in each one are a fantastic and exciting journey to embark upon. Sadly, Reynolds will be leaving her work shortly, but a few plaques will be placed around the pieces to try to compensate for the loss of her enthusiastic conversational skills. The plaques themselves are also still in progress...
Having originated in Germany, the display has already traveled through several venues in Europe, including Sweden and Denmark. After September, the exhibit is scheduled to move east to Singapore...