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Article: Aquagenesis: Maryann Webster.
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- Ceramics Art & Perception
- Article date:
- December 1, 2007
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MARYANN WEBSTER CREATES IMAGES THAT are visually stunning yet haunting in their portrayal of an often conflicted and problematic human relationship with nature. She describes her work as a means of addressing a personal concern for the fragility of nature, both on the human scale, particularly in the struggle with mortality, and on a larger scale with an ecological system in turmoil. As she references the underlying theme in her 2007 exhibition entitled Aquagenesis, Webster alludes to water as the "source of all life as well as a metaphor for dreams and the subconscious self". The body of work in this exhibition unifies this theme, both ...