Elaine Reichek
My Dreams (Thomas de Quincey), 2017
hand embroidery on linen
21 ¾ x 14 ¾ inches
55,25 cm x 37,47 cm
55,25 cm x 37,47 cm
Transcription: My dreams were the immediate and proximate cause of my acutest suffering. The sense of space, and in the end, the sense of time, were both powerfully affected. Buildings,...
Transcription:
My dreams were the immediate and proximate
cause of my acutest suffering. The sense
of space, and in the end, the sense of time,
were both powerfully affected. Buildings, landscapes,
&c. were exhibited in proportions so vast as the
bodily eye is not fitted to conceive. Space swelled,
and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity.
I sometimes seemed to have lived for
70 or 100 years in one night; nay, sometimes
had feelings representative of a millennium
passed in that time.
—Thomas De Quincey
Thomas De Quincey, “Confessions of an English Opium-Eater,” in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings, ed. Barry Milligan (London: Penguin, 2003), adapted from 74–76.
My dreams were the immediate and proximate
cause of my acutest suffering. The sense
of space, and in the end, the sense of time,
were both powerfully affected. Buildings, landscapes,
&c. were exhibited in proportions so vast as the
bodily eye is not fitted to conceive. Space swelled,
and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity.
I sometimes seemed to have lived for
70 or 100 years in one night; nay, sometimes
had feelings representative of a millennium
passed in that time.
—Thomas De Quincey
Thomas De Quincey, “Confessions of an English Opium-Eater,” in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings, ed. Barry Milligan (London: Penguin, 2003), adapted from 74–76.
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.
Publications
Dorn, Erin. Between the Needle and the Book. Houston, TX: McClain Gallery. 2020