COME HONOR YOUR DEAD a ritual of remembrance

A month-long exhibit at Said Osio’s Nadazul Gallery in Foundation Studios with Maria Epes celebrating mortality through the ritualized art of being engaged in the deepening of awakening, inspiration and healing.

A sacred space for honoring loss, grief, joys and memories, this installation is part Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) and part Memento Mori (the victorian art of imaging Death) and features works in mixed media and textiles including images of shrouds and an Ofrenda Mexican Altar encouraging the sharing of personal words on a memory card and placed in a coffin crucible.

Maria Epes, a feminist artist working in books, installation, sculpture, printmaking and works on paper, Maria’s specific focus is on expressions of the body — in life and in death — with concern for the equality of women and the acceptance of death as part of life. Her work has been exhibited and cataloged internationally including The National Museum of Women in the Arts, MOMA New York, ABC No Rio, Ceres Gallery, Franklin Furnace, La Mama La Galleria, and is represented in the Feminist Art Database at the Brooklyn Museum. Epes holds a B.F.A. from Cornell University and M.F.A. from California College of the Arts and is based in Asheville, North Carolina.

Opening Reception: 11/6/21, 12:00 – 6:00 PM
Exhibit runs through December 6th.