Virtual Gallery - Ula Einstein

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

The Unwinding Destiny Project re-employs broken shells from all the eggs I consume over time. After the shells are soaked the inner layer is peeled away. The dry crumbling skin, along with the shells that I tattoo with text, and all the remaining crushed eggshells, make up this work.

I set up scenes, rearrange the tattooed eggshells in various environments, and photograph them. Here are some of the delicate works photographed indoors, in the sand, and underground.

This project is based on the weight, fragility, and impact of words: traces of messages that are repeated, cryptic, direct or unspoken. Words which leave their impression often long after we hear or read something.

These private and/or public messages may or may not be true. But it effects how we behave, the actions we take, or don't. Does their impact strengthen or wane over time?

Since early on, I've believed so much that has been told to me. Most of us do. Why? And who is the messenger? I'm exploring destiny, free will, beliefs and the power of words to devalue, undermine or empower, and find the truth.

BIOGRAPHY

Ula (oolah) Einstein is a Swiss born artist based in New York City. Her works have been widely exhibited in numerous exhibitions throughout the US and UK.

Ms. Einstein's multi-disciplinary work is influenced by the delicate cycles found in nature: incubation, growth, decay and revitalization.

"I'm pre-occupied with the tension and harmony in the relationship between the formal and the familiar, the synthetic and the natural, destruction and creation. The impulse to build, undo, edit, sift, revise and transform inspires my work mapping an anatomy of life. My process oriented and ritual based work explores change, conversion, options, and transformation."

Einstein's ever-shifting installations, consisting of fragments made in the studio, are created site specific. More of her work can be seen on: www.galleryartist.com/ulaeinstein