Family, Fairy Tales and Human Fears at Wadsworth Atheneum Talk

— Cate Hewitt,

Christina Forrer, "Sepulcher," 2021. Cotton, wool and linen, 97 x 162 inches. Photo: Joshua White. “Christina Forrer / MATRIX 187” is on view at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum until Jan. 2, 2022.

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Family conflict and human fears — both are central themes found in the work of artist Christina Forrer and writer Sabrina Orah Mark.  Forrer uses imagery from folk tales and mythology in her vividly-colored tapestries and paintings, bringing to mind characters in fairy tales amidst modern environmental disasters.  Orah Mark is a poet and fiction […]
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