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Sarah Fisher: DISASSOCIATION V

DISASSOCIATION V

a new public work by Sarah Fisher

Sarah Fisher records the human need to be authentically seen, exploring portraiture through the lens of painting, collage, printmaking, installation and sculpture. DISASSOCIATION V, a six-by-eight-by-six foot, hand-carved, hand-painted, wood sculpture is the latest work in a series that debuted at Museum of East Texas in 2022 in Fisher’s solo exhibition, You Won’t See It Coming. This will be the artist’s first outdoor installation.

In her DISASSOCIATION series, Fisher processes a single, frightening, dissociative episode she experienced years ago — and how it has marked and changed her life. Inspired by an everyday, cardboard, bottle divider, the sculptures depict the artist’s experience of fracture and self-doubt and her search for transparency and agency. John Handley, PhD, now Associate Director of Exhibits at the Illinois State Museum, curated Fisher’s Museum of East Texas solo show and continues to follow her progress:

“As Sarah continues her pilgrimage, I am so impressed with her courage and her willingness to press forward and expose in a visceral way issues many find frightening and unable to address. Her work is important for many reasons, notably that it gives other people who have been traumatized in their past an opportunity to arise and push back through art making. What I mean is a freedom and permission to question and resolve ideas and emotions that others would prefer to hush away. Thus, Sarah’s work stands in defiance to silence, demanding attention to what has been ignored, and to what is deep-seated, emotional and ever-present.”

The fourth work in Fisher’s series made its debut at The Jung Center in IGNITION, a group exhibition by G5 Collective. “When we saw Sarah’s DISASSOCIATION IV in our gallery in the Fall of 2023, the fit of her work at The Jung Center was apparent,” said Elissa Davis, Director of Internal Operations. “We are excited to be able to feature the newest evolution of this work, large and proud, as the next entry in our public art initiative!”

Visit the artist’s website here: http://sarahfisherart.com

IG: @‌sarahfisherportraits

Photo by Carlos Ocando, Light42 Studio