The ENTRANCEXIT installation combines found objects, miniature watercolors, and aquatint etchings, which together form a melancholic stage set that makes symbolic references to the Holocaust and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, and asks if "never again" was ever more than a convenient excuse for harming others for your own benefit.
Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.
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The "Knock On The Door" box is on top of the Blast Cabinet, the "Uprooted" box is on the west wall, the "Moon Swing" box is on the west wall, and the "Future Possibilities" box is on the east wall.
Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.
Open these links for better views of the boxes on display:
The "Knock On The Door" box is on top of the Blast Cabinet, the "Uprooted" box is on the west wall, the "Moon Swing" box is on the west wall, and the "Future Possibilities" box is on the east wall.
A view from outside..2023, Photo by George Hirose
Wreath (closeup), 2023, hematite stone, brass hairband, rice paper, and ribbon
Mother, 2023, rice paper, ribbon, and dried thistle.
Who WereThey, 2023, Mother with vintage doll shoes.
Who Were They? (closeup), 2023, vintage doll shoes.
Who Were They? (closeup), 2023, vintage doll shoes.
ARMUS - Skin Of Evil, 2022,asphalt, leaves, ARMUS figurine, and poured enamel resembling petroleum.
Blast Cabinet, 2023, cabinet with missing glass panes, leaves, wooden pedestal, and video playing tablet .
Blast Cabinet (Interior view), 2023, tablet playing looped video ending with a video of an abandoned teddy bear on an Ukrainian street after a Russian missile strike.
A Conversation, 2023, an arrangement of pieces on top of the Blast Cabinet and the wall above.
Xray, 2023, aquatint etching with found frame.
Carbon Lights, 2023, anthracite coal and antique sconces
Reduction, 2008, framed miniature waterolor.
Oculus, 2023, found convex mirror with found botanica.
Heaven Gate, 2015, plastic grill and LED lights.
View From The Back Wall, 2023
![SALLY LELONG ENTRANCEXIT](http://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/sallylel/big/1059.jpg?1704406730 "Ghost Avenue, 2023, fallen tree limbs, "Heaven's Gate", BX cable spool with cord, "Going, Going, Gone" and flung stuffed toy.")
Ghost Avenue, 2023, fallen tree limbs, "Heaven's Gate", BX cable spool with cord, "Going, Going, Gone" and flung stuffed toy.
GOING, GOING, GONE, 2023, framed Ukranian and Arabic text - each saying going, going, gone.
Surviver, 2023, stuffed toy.
