Martha Posner
Under, 2011-2012 Dancer's for Boscobel, 2011 Frozen Charlotte An Untamed Place, 2011 In Progress, 2011 Memory of Flight Works on Paper Memory of Flight Ghost Series Lupe's Daughter's Body Memory Fairy Tale Series Unfamiliar Skin 2006 Memory & Desire Sisters & Mermaids Boat for a Night's Journey Physical Memory The Miller's Daughter Garment Series Honeysuckle Couture Clothing, skin and transformation.
When I began making art in 1978, it was with a hungry investigation to try and understand these magical questions: What makes an object greater than its materials? Where and what is the moment of transformation? And why is the mask of a shaman or a Greek Icon so much more than wood, or paint or feathers?

In 1993, deeply inspired by fairy tales, myths and travels to cultures more remote than my own, I began making empty, but not empty garments, boats, and architectural structures. These works are filled with a presence, an energy or maybe they are filled with a memory. A hint of a life before now- their moment of transformation.

Martha Posner