Terri Phillips at WPA - The Bloody Pond
I went to see Terri's show at the WPA, and hope those of you who are in LA will go to see it before it closes on the 16th of July. It is, as she is, an ethereal and haunting visual poem about the American Civil War battle of Shiloh (Tennessee in 1862) which was the bloodiest battle in US history at that time. There is a piece (my favorite) made of shattered red glass on the floor that represents the waters there were indelibly and psychologically stained by the blood of soldiers and their horses. Terri has a great talent for representing complex texts and ideas with eerie, haunting and always beautiful objects and images.
Terri will be translating the 'hearth' of the wedding - the place on which the couple will stand to get married. She will most likely make a piece that will resemble the red glass piece in her current show but it is sure to be the psychological opposite, representing the lives bonded together with hope.
Here is the video invitation to her show, filmed by John Pearson
the photo within the photo is by Raymond Doherty:
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WPA 510 Bernard St. LA CA 90012 Gallery hours: Open 12-6pm, Saturday and Sunday or by appointment.