Elaine Reichek
I grew, rustling like a reed,
Out of a dangerous swamp,
Breathing the air of a forbidden life
With rapture, languor, caresses.
In my cold and marshy refuge
No one notices me,
And I am welcomed by the whisper
Of short autumn minutes.
I enjoy this cruel injury
And in a life like a dream
Secretly am envious of everyone —
And secretly enamoured.
—Osip Mandelshtam
Osip Mandelshtam, Selected Poems, trans. James Greene (London: Penguin, 1989), 8.
Exhibitions
Dallas Art Fair 2022: McClain Gallery Booth G6, Dallas, Texas, April 21, 2022 - April 24, 2022.
Elaine Reichek: Between the Needle and the Book, January 18 – February 29, 2020. McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas.
Elaine Reichek: Sight Unseen, May 17 - June 23, 2019. Marinaro, New York, NY.
Invisible Sightings: Elaine Reichek and Jeanne Silverthorne, 2017. The Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Publications
Dorn, Erin. Between the Needle and the Book. Houston, TX: McClain Gallery. 2020