The Water Remembers: Paintings by May Stevens

Saturday, 29 October 2005 11:21

WASHINGTON, DC.-The National Museum of Women in the Arts presents The Water Remembers: Paintings and Works on Paper by May Stevens, 1990-2005. In The Water Remembers: Paintings and Works on Paper by May Stevens, 1990-2005, a collection of 27 paintings and related works on paper, the artist May Stevens reveals her own spiritual connection to water. These aquatic landscapes include abstracted texts ranging from Virginia Woolf to Irish poetry of the 5th century B.C.E. Written in silver or gold, the words form waves, waterfalls, and mere trickles, but remain mostly indecipherable. For Stevens, these poetic and highly personal works of art evoke a sense of connection between people as well as the fluidity of time, place, and life. These images are also laden with personal memories, emotions, and associations of loss and absence. In the end, however, her shimmering, life-affirming waterscapes are powerful metaphors for life’s journey. The Water Remembers: Paintings and Works on Paper by May Stevens, 1990-2005 is organized by the Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri, in association with the Mary Ryan Gallery, New York. .

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