AMANDA KNOWLES
COLLECTED VIEWS
MARCH 1 - 26, 2025
PREVIEW RECEPTION - SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2025, FROM 2-4PM
PUBLIC OPENING - FIRST THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2025, FROM 5-8PM
ARTIST TALK - SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2025 at 1:00PM
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Collected Views
Place has a profound effect. The work in this show is based specifically in my wanderings in Seattle, NYC, and Mexico City while also including memories of other cities and the machinations of my flitting mind. Having lived in large metropolitan areas, I create artwork that is an abstracted acknowledgement of the building, growth and life in a city. In my recent practice, I have worked to document what happens in these places where we are held in close proximity and how this interweaves with how we come to understand and get a feeling for a sense of place.
I use photography to document as I explore. These photos are used like a sketchbook, a notetaking, a way to pay attention, and they are the basis of my investigations. The works that I am showing in Collected Views are mixed media works on paper that show the city through a collaged and new perspective. Little in these pieces shows the actuality of any specific space. By deconstructing and reimagining elements of the built environment, I invite the viewer to reconsider their own relationship to the spaces they inhabit and how their personal viewpoint changes the way that they see this relationship. I invite reflection on the fluid, layered nature of belonging, urging us to recognize that our connection to place is not only physical but also deeply personal and emotional. Through this, I hope to prompt questions of how we occupy and belong to the spaces we inhabit.