Because today's technology makes information so readily available to us, we are inundated with it. Words fly at us from everywhere. Often, this information is without context and difficult to process.
Stray Eggplant encourages viewers to look differently at the whirl of random words that fill our existence. By pulling these words out of context and placing them on small sculptures, Laura Gentry invites us to contemplate our personal responsibility to interpret this deluge of information—to search harder to find focus, meaning and hope in this journey called life.
Stray Eggplant encourages viewers to look differently at the whirl of random words that fill our existence. By pulling these words out of context and placing them on small sculptures, Laura Gentry invites us to contemplate our personal responsibility to interpret this deluge of information—to search harder to find focus, meaning and hope in this journey called life.
Stray Eggplant sculptures are sold primarily through Art*o*mat vending machines. In these refurbished cigarette machines located throughout the country, art buyers can find a variety of artwork created by contemporary artists. Stray Eggplant was developed specifically for sales in these innovative machines.
Eggplant collectors can also find them for sale at The Gentry Joint Store. At this time, there are over 900 of them in existence. Each unique, hand-made sculpture contains a phrase gleaned indiscriminately from the news, a Web site, movie, tv show, song, book, cliche, advertisement, sacred text, or something overheard in daily conversation. Apart from its original context and emblazoned upon a whimsical vegetable, the quote can be interpreted in any number of ways. The viewer, then, becomes the meaning-maker.
To explore this concept, each eggplant owner is invited to send a photo and response to Stray Eggplant, P.O. Box 11, Marquette, IA 52158 or e-mail to strayeggplant@yahoo.com. These portraits are posted at the Eggplant Owner's Gallery. There nearly a hundred owners posted.
Eggplant collectors can also find them for sale at The Gentry Joint Store. At this time, there are over 900 of them in existence. Each unique, hand-made sculpture contains a phrase gleaned indiscriminately from the news, a Web site, movie, tv show, song, book, cliche, advertisement, sacred text, or something overheard in daily conversation. Apart from its original context and emblazoned upon a whimsical vegetable, the quote can be interpreted in any number of ways. The viewer, then, becomes the meaning-maker.
To explore this concept, each eggplant owner is invited to send a photo and response to Stray Eggplant, P.O. Box 11, Marquette, IA 52158 or e-mail to strayeggplant@yahoo.com. These portraits are posted at the Eggplant Owner's Gallery. There nearly a hundred owners posted.
Explore the art of Laura & William Gentry at www.thegentryjoint.com.
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