Elaine Reichek
Minimally Existent (Marilynne Robinson), 2016
hand embroidery on linen
21 ¼ x 14 ¼ inches
Transcription: Marilynne Robinson It was a source of both terror and comfort to me that I often seemed invisible — incompletely and minimally existent. It seemed to me that I...
Transcription:
Marilynne Robinson
It was a source of both terror and comfort to me that I often seemed invisible — incompletely and minimally existent. It seemed to me that I made no impact on the world, and that in exchange I was privileged to watch it unawares.
/105
Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1980), 105.
Marilynne Robinson
It was a source of both terror and comfort to me that I often seemed invisible — incompletely and minimally existent. It seemed to me that I made no impact on the world, and that in exchange I was privileged to watch it unawares.
/105
Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1980), 105.
Exhibitions
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.
Literature
Dorn, Erin. Between the Needle and the Book. Houston, TX: McClain Gallery. 2020