R A I N E B E D S O L E

r e c e p t i o n a p r i l 2 n d 6 – 9 p m

GHOST FLEET

With poeticism and concentrated emotional potency, Raine Bedsole’s sculptures and works on paper speak directly

to the human heart by channeling the power of enduring symbols and archetypes. The oars, boats, bird’s wings, and

other motifs that recur throughout her exhibition, Ghost Fleet, at Gallery Bienvenu address the viewer in a language not

limited to earthly tongues and time periods. While creating this body of work, Bedsole remembered a foggy day many

know what they were. They were so mysterious... They had such a presence.” Inspired by the memory of this eerie,

unforgettable sight, she began thinking about the phenomenon of memory and the dynamic between the objects and

experiences that anchor us to our past and those that liberate us to let go.

A prizewinner in the prestigious Florence Biennial and a grant recipient from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Bedsole

is widely exhibited and collected throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas. In recent years her work

has grown more spatially and thematically expansive, sometimes verging on the abstract. A lightness and ethereality

called “thinking our best thoughts, regardless of whatever faith we choose to subscribe to.”

Many of Bedsole’s sculptures incorporate fabrics, twigs, found papers, and texts that hold profound personal

incorporate many of the same materials and processes she uses in her sculpture. Many of the works have luscious patinas

past—trusting that there’s a compass to guide us through the fog, so we can let go of the shore and trust the sea.”

Richard Speer

Front Cover: Prayer Flag Boat, twigs, steel, clay, paint, fabric, papers, 102" x 22" x 6", 2010

exhibition dates: april 1st nd, 2011

reception: april 2nd 6–9 pm

Front Cover: Prayer Flag Boat, twigs, steel, clay, paint, fabric, papers, 102" x 22" x 6", 2010

Tattered Wing II, fabric, antique papers on steel

120" x 48" x 12", 2011

Rain Boat/Empty Tears, antique papers on steel, 96" x 6" x 22", 2010

Letter Boat 1mixed media

24" x 3" x 4"

Leaf Boatmixed media

24" x 3" x 4"

Water Boatmixed media

24" x 3" x 4"

Flooded Photo Boatmixed media

24" x 3" x 4"

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ARTWORK © RAINE BEDSOLE 2010

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Rain Boat/Translucent Tearsantique papers on fabric and steel, 102" x 10" x 15"