A Conversation with Kristine Mays
Kristine Mays | Rich Soil
WEIGHT OF THE WORLD | Featuring new works by Kristine Mays
AT ZENITH GALLERY
July 13 – October 16, 2021
All power to the People
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Beautiful Flower
Purple wire, 28” x 20” x 6”
She was sweet and wide-eyed, full of imagination and wonder. She danced freely and laughed with an exuberance that warmed the hearts of everyone she came in contact with. She was magical.
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She was sweet and wide-eyed, full of imagination and wonder. She danced freely and laughed with an exuberance that warmed the hearts of everyone she came in contact with. She was magical.
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Blossom
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Casa Americana
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Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
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Childhood Memories
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Jump rope, hide and seek, sounds of the ice cream truck. Dolls, plastic barrettes, peanut butter and jelly, feet running on freshly cut grass. Oh to be a child, wide eyed and full of imagination and hope
Delta Girl
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Elegant Restraint #2
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Freedom
Wire, 18" x 15" x 12"
This work was birth out of a nagging within. The imagery came to me and cried out to be brought forth. Thoughts on Harriet Tubman running through weeds on her way to freedom came to mind. Layers emerged as I began to create. My mind turned to the restrictions placed on black and brown people everyday. Where can we go without question, where we are not allowed to tread? The spaces in which one must continually look over their shoulder become more prevalent than not. And just where is this freedom? Where it is ok to exhale and relax your shoulders, allowing your bare feet a chance to walk through grass? Slavery never ended and slaves get their feet cut off if they run too far. Do you ever get a chance to stroll and meander through the grassy knoll or is life full of running on cracked concrete, stepping over broken glass and weeds that poke through cement? My longing for more is infused in the steel wire that speaks of both confinement and boundlessness. It the dichotomy between acknowledgment of what is, and hope for future.
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This work was birth out of a nagging within. The imagery came to me and cried out to be brought forth. Thoughts on Harriet Tubman running through weeds on her way to freedom came to mind. Layers emerged as I began to create. My mind turned to the restrictions placed on black and brown people everyday. Where can we go without question, where we are not allowed to tread? The spaces in which one must continually look over their shoulder become more prevalent than not. And just where is this freedom? Where it is ok to exhale and relax your shoulders, allowing your bare feet a chance to walk through grass? Slavery never ended and slaves get their feet cut off if they run too far. Do you ever get a chance to stroll and meander through the grassy knoll or is life full of running on cracked concrete, stepping over broken glass and weeds that poke through cement? My longing for more is infused in the steel wire that speaks of both confinement and boundlessness. It the dichotomy between acknowledgment of what is, and hope for future.
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God Bless This Child
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I am Here
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Impermanence
Wire, 21” x 5” x 4”
... you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. - James 4:14
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... you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. - James 4:14
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Me Too
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Rest is Necessary
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Relax, take a rest, ease up, let up, sleep down, pause, take a break, unbend, repose, idle, loaf, do nothing, take time off, slack off, unwind, recharge one's batteries, be at leisure, take it easy, sit back, sit down, lounge, put your feet up, go to bed, go to bed, take a nap.
Seeking Balance
Painted wire, 22" x 16" x 14"
The pressure to hold it all together, a juggling of responsibilities and emotion, dreams and reality, hope and joy.
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The pressure to hold it all together, a juggling of responsibilities and emotion, dreams and reality, hope and joy.
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Someday We'll All be Free
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Sweetwater Oshun
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Va-Va-Voom!
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Weight of the World
Wire, 23” x 15” x 11” SOLD
Legacy
Painted steel wire, 30" x 50" x 5"
War on Fertile Ground
Wire sculpture, 40" x 20" x 12"
RICH SOIL | Works by Kristine Mays | At the Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
4155 Linnean Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
Exhibit Dates: June 26, 2021 – January 9, 2022. More information on exhibit here.
All Night Worship #25
Steel wire, 62” x 32” x 24” $4,500
All Night Worship #26
Steel wire, 54” x 31” x 32” $4,500
All Night Worship #27
Steel wire, 47” x 40” x 39” $4,500
All Night Worship #28
Steel wire, 49” x 32” x 24” $4,500
All Night Worship #29
Steel wire, 48” x 34” x 24” $4,500
Ancestral Spin #10
Steel wire, 48” x 36” x 13” $7,000
Ancestral Spin #5
Steel wire, 48” x 39” x 21” $7,000
Ancestral Spin #6
Steel wire, 56” x 32” x 27” $7,000
Ancestral Spin #7
Steel wire, 51” x 36” x 27” $7,000
Ancestral Spin #8
Steel wire, 42” x 25” x 27” $7,000
Ancestral Spin #9
Steel wire, 46” x 30” x 19” $7,000
Celestial Prayer Meeting #17
Steel wire, 54” x 33” x 35” $8,000
Celestial Prayer Meeting #18
Steel wire, 55” x 36” x 33” $8,000
Celestial Prayer Meeting #19
Steel wire, 51” x 32” x 15” $8,000
Conjuring #11
Steel wire, 53" x 41" x 39" $8,000 (On Hold)
Conjuring #12
Steel Wire, 59" x 35" x 24" $8,000
Little Worlds Within Us #13
Steel wire, 41” x 26” x 11” $7,000
Little Worlds Within Us #14
Steel wire, 38” x 32” x 14” $4,500
Little Worlds Within Us #15
Steel wire, 53" x 28" 35" $8,000
Little Worlds Within Us #16
Steel wire, 30” x 31” x 11” $4,500
Not Just Happenstance #1
Steel wire, 76” x 36” x 12” $10,000
Not Just Happenstance #2
Steel wire, 62” x 29” x 30” $10,000
Not Just Happenstance #3
Steel wire, 58” x 39” x 22” $10,000
Not Just Happenstance #4
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Soon and Very Soon #20
Steel wire, 44” x 30” x 25” $7,000
Soon and Very Soon #21
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Soon and Very Soon #22
Steel wire, 47” x 32” x 26” $7,000
Soon and Very Soon #23
Steel wire, 49” x 18” x 18” $7,000
Soon and Very Soon #24
Steel wire, 48” x 21” x 27” $7,000