Dawn Clements: Nothing Happens Fast

Lower Gallery
May 8 - July 8, 2023

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"Part of deciding to draw the flowers every day was that, instead of me moving my point of view, the flowers are going to be constantly moving before my eyes. I said, 'I want to do one every day because I want to see the change, to see how they live and die before my eyes.'"
Dawn Clements

"Clements reminds us that you don’t need much—sheets of paper, ballpoint pen, and watercolor—to make something great, and that the most abiding pleasures may be found right in front of you. I have come to think of these drawings as love letters to the world."
John Yau

"Everything is offered to the eyes’ delectation, as if it too could smell and touch... The artist’s ethics and aesthetics are evident throughout: she wants to honor the existence of whatever she is looking at."
John Yau

"Clements has re-created domestic interiors while also skillfully re-creating the inner workings of her own mind."
Jillian Steinhauer