Malia Jensen: KBOO Art Focus
Installation view of Malia Jensen: Eremocene at Elizabeth Leach Gallery. Click to view the exhibition.
On Tuesday, August 25, 2020, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Malia Jensen about her show Eremocene, which is at the Elizabeth Leach Gallery through September 26, 2020. Jensen talks about carving salt licks into human forms and spreading them across Oregon where they were changed by animals and the weather. She also discusses the videos she captured of the wildlife, converting the salt sculptures into kiln-fired glass objects, and how the coming loneliness of the Eremocene period relates to the “lonely together” feeling of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
Eremocene is on view at Elizabeth Leach Gallery through September 26. It is the culmination of Jensen’s “Nearer Nature: Worth Your Salt” project. View the exhibition page HERE.