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Body Language

paintings by Olivia Fischer Fox

May 8 - June 16, 1997

Curated by Michelle Fiorenza



Each one of us understands the world from a shared perspective: we are all human beings. Linguists in their research of language origin, and how modern languages relate to one another, often begin by analyzing the words for the various parts of the body: eye, hand, foot, etc. Every speaking person in this world has a word for the parts of the body. From here a language is born.

How we use that body has the power to express what words or music also expresses. A gesture in all its subtlety, is a story in itself. It may also be a question. "What is that person doing? Why are they doing what they do?&#quot; The answers we find, as we meditate on these questions, come from within. They are reflective of each of our personal experiences. And so, the pictures, as with dance or music, reaches part of our own human experience. They take us to memories that may deserve more thought and attention.

So, it is with images of human beings, that I choose to communicate to all who kindly give it their attention. I communicate with the viewer, or perhaps the viewer communicates silently with himself or herself; reaching parts of the subconscious as I did in generating the images. Each picture comes from the imagination. The results aim to communicate to all people, as we all share the perspective of a human body.

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