The El Paso Museum of Art presents Common Language, Punctuating the Landscape, Suzi Davidoff Rachelle Thiewes on view March 27 – September 25, 2011 in the Gateway Gallery

Three major components comprise the Common Language, Punctuating the Landscape project by Suzi Davidoff and Rachelle Thiewes: large-scale photographs on aluminum, video projections and a published book. The project began when the artists received a joint-residency at Fiskars Village, an artist’s cooperative in Finland and continued upon their return to El Paso. All components directly reference numerous site-specific installations created by the artists that responded to the natural landscape and architectural/ historic structures by incorporating foreign objects/materials into both the lush, green forested Finnish landscape and the arid topography of the Chihuahuan desert.

The photographs, videos and book are essential records and extensions of each installation which because of their temporality could only be experienced for a short time before being dismantled or worn away by natural forces.

The El Paso Museum of Art is one of the many institutions participating in the Texas Biennial 2011 and has designated Common Language, Punctuating the Landscape as its part of this larger, state-wide project.

Image: COMMON LANGUAGE – RIISLA 9.14.2009, 2009 Hi-definition photographic imaging on aluminum Courtesy of the Artists

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