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LONG ISLAND ARTIST DORIS ROWE HAS CREATED
MINIATURE SHIRTWAIST DRESSES IN REFLECTION OF
TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE
Doris Rowe, Northport (LI) artist, is eager to show her latest work – Retablos – at Ripe Art Gallery, Greenlawn NY.
Opening – Saturday, July 14th – 4 to 7 PM.
Do stop by to see and talk about my work. The gallery is a short walk from the LIRR Greenlawn station. The show runs through August 3, 2012.
Each wooden retablo has doors that open to a tiny dress or apron made from handmade printed drawings that are trimmed and woven together with ribbons and attached to a tiny wire hanger. Placed on a table, or wall, a retablo is a fitting and mysterious addition to any dining table.
With candles creating strange shadows a very special mood is in store for those who remember the story. Shirtwaist shapes of the Edwardian style are used as reminders of our last hundred years following that terrible Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 1911 in NYC when 146 young workers were burned and jumped to their death because the doors were locked. To this day the fight to improve safety in the workplace and advancing the right to bargain for equality and sanity continues. The gently moving mirror elements and added trinkets quietly push the idea of permanence / transcendence perhaps found hidden deep in the closet of your mind.
Come open the doors – witness her angst and resolve – in a little dresses made by an artist who has long been “mad as hell” and frustrated by unsolvable political issues like abuse of workers, pollution, the Patriot Act, war, dishonesty, and malingering cultural bias.
It will sure be good to welcome friends and former students to view my work after being retired twenty years as art teacher from Northport High School and celebrating my 75th year.
More information at http://www.eaglenose.com/retablos-exhibit.html
