But Not Broken

RANSOM & MITCHELLE But Not Broken, © 2020Encaustic, Pastels & Print on Panel12 x 12 x 1 in Signed on Back ABOUT THE WORK This work was included in the "Through the Looking-Glass" group exhibition at Voss Gallery (August 5 - September 5, 2020). "While grappling with an unprecedented pandemic that has grotesquely effected Black, Latino, Indigenous, and communities in financial peril, our nation is reeling from massive unemployment, and unrelenting white supremacist brutality that has been laid bare in our police departments and fellow citizens in all 50 states. Our ongoing series Kintsugi explores the concept of subjective damage. For our piece, But Not Broken, we examine the essence of injury and resilience, as well as pose the question, 'Can beauty and strength emerge from being broken and imperfect?' We have long admired the Japanese art of Kintsugi which uses a precious metal to mend the pieces of a broken pottery item and at the same time enhance the breaks. If instead of