© Stephanie S Shih 2023
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sitting still/standing still (2022)
The series, sitting still/standing still, is a multimedia still life meditation on the push-pull between artifice and nature. Set against the backdrop of the Mojave, the series follows the lives of two inanimate main characters as they experience the oft-surprising biodiversity of the desert and the undeniable human presence therein.
This work was supported by the Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency. Select pieces are shown here; please contact me for a full catalog and print availability.
Materials: prickly pear cactus, chicken wire, found rocks and brick, tree branch
Materials: sunscreen allergy remedies, spiny senna, water
Materials: sacred datura, rhodonite
Materials: creosote, seeded glass vase, found rocks
Materials: Apricot, oleander, Raina Lee ceramics bowl, found rocks
Materials: strawflowers, seeded glass vase, found rocks
Materials: strawflowers, cholla skeleton, found rock
Materials: godetia, concrete vase
Materials: market saturn peaches, desert willow, chinaberries, netting bag
Materials: Dasha Matsuura, white sage, scorpion bracelet, fire
Materials: palo verde, resin circle, sunlight
Materials: bunny ear cactus, string
"The Essayist (for Miles Griffis)"
Materials: yarrow, california buckwheat, old man’s beard, desert willow, russian sage, tree cholla blossom, elephant garlic blossom, woven basket, woven hat
Materials: gallery podia, Joshua tree
Materials: gallery podia, found rocks
Materials: photographs, gravity
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