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Cleaning It Up
September 7 - November 9, 2013
The Glass House @ The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY
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Cleaning It Up
7 septembre - 9 novembre 2013
The Glass House @ The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY
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The past is all around me.
I’ve collected it, swept it up, folded it, pressed it, washed it off, pinned it back, sewn it up, tucked it in, dusted it off, and framed it. But it never keeps quiet. It never sits still. It’s never satisfied. And I keep searching.
Cleaning is my compass. Scrubbing my way through the details of misunderstanding, it was the pristine precaution that preserved the fabric of my family. With each thread tangled, cleaning was our control. It was an heirloom, a borrowed illusion. With closed lips, I learned its language.
I missed a spot.
Fluency in a silent language leaves much unsaid. Now I clean for curiosity, retracing my trail of crumbs. I scour for substance, for secrets, for solace. In a spotless room, every detail is a clue. I search for the truth that heals.
I thought I lived in a little box when I lived in a glass house.
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Le passé est tout autour de moi.
Je l'ai collecté, balayé, repassé, lavé, épinglé, recousu, bordé, dépoussiéré et enfin encadré. Mais jamais il ne demeure silencieux. Jamais il ne reste immobile. Il n’est jamais satisfait. Et moi, je continue de chercher.
Ranger est ma boussole intérieure. A force de frotter les détails de nosmalentendus, j’ai réalisé que ce rangement était la précaution ultime qui préservait le tissu de notre famille. Nos liens emmêlés, le ménage restait notre moyen de contrôle. C’était un héritage, une illusion perdue. Les lèvres muettes, j’ai appris son langage.
Parfois je manquais un recoin.
L'aisance dans une langue silencieuse accorde beaucoup de non-dits. Désormais, je range par curiosité, retraçant mon chemin, pas à pas.
Je ratisse pour trouver la substance, les secrets, le réconfort. Dans une chambre impeccable, chaque détail est un indice. Je recherche la vérité qui guérit.
Je pensais que je vivais dans une petite boîte, alors que c’était une maison de verre.
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In her first-ever solo exhibition, Anne Mourier magnifies her miniaturized meditations on memory, maternity, and humanity. Drawing from a childhood of invisible mothers and family secrets, Mourier’s sculptures, photographs, and works on paper keep up the appearances of a happy home while subtly symptomatic of a fraudulent façade. Delicate and quiet handmades, readymades, and personal keepsakes are vessels for the introverted voice of Mourier’s reflections on her youthful naïveté, their pristine pastel and white palette invoking a dialogue that questions the cleanliness of the family construct, the gratification of the domestic domain, and the power of denial. Cleaning It Up will be the premier exhibition to christen the Invisible Dog’s new temporary gallery space, located adjacent to 51 Bergen Street. Designed by Mourier from reclaimed windows, this transparent time capsule combines the elements of a typical house into a single-room structure, nestled cozily and guarded safely in-between its taller neighbors. A sculpture in and of itself, the gallery continues Mourier’s investigation of glass as a medium and its inherent metaphorical implications as a tactic of keeping viewers out while still letting them see in. This voyeuristic view of what would otherwise happen behind closed doors allows viewers to follow Mourier as she tidies up her miscomprehension of the family model and shatters the moral lens she was raised to respect. She thought she lived in a little box when she lived in a glass house. Anne Mourier is artist resident at The Invisible Dog