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Artist Raises Dead: Paints Tombstones of Paris
One artist shares the dimensions of grief. Six years after identifying the body of a slain friend Keariene Muizz explores the space inhabited by the deceased as the first person in art history to paint the tombs of the famed Père Lachaise Cemetery of Paris.
/Magazines PR News/ - TUSTIN, CA, December 12, 2007 - The collection entitled, Sacred Stones, has been more than two years in the making and began in an effort to quantify the manner in which humans evacuate life. In December 2005, Keariene flew to Paris and spent two snow-covered weeks wandering through the cemetery in search of the most stirring figures.
"Whenever I lost my breath in the cemetery I knew I had found the beauty I came to claim." Keariene says, "My process is very unconventional because it requires me to think of the dead that are harnessed to the earth, looking out at all who pass above their graves without an ability to communicate. I reconstruct the unspoken messages through the symbolism of the stone ornaments that have been selected to stand in their place."
In fact, the creative purpose of the Sacred Stones series is to pioneer an alternative attitude towards death by examining the phenomena of mourning and loss, something the artist knows quite well. Her friend Jeanette O'Keefe was murdered in 2001 while the artist lived in France; the offender was never caught.
"That day marked the end of many things for me. My sense of justice disintegrated and I became more closed off to the world outside. I have always confronted my fears; this collection illustrates the fragility inside me." As the owner of the Muizz Gallery in Orange County, California, the contemporary works produced by Keariene Muizz are inspired by the monuments of Paris. "I believe many people live in state of mourning, whether it is the loss of a loved one, a possession, or a moment in time -the outcome is the same. What better symbolism for that than the tombs that mark the cessation of life."
The Père Lachaise Cemetery is the most prestigious cemetery on the planet, a place where legends are laid to rest. Although Keariene has chosen the graves she paints independent of the occupants, some canvases have already been reserved by the devote fans of Jim Morrison, "The Importance of Being Earnest" author Oscar Wilde, and architect Antoine-Ga tan Gu rinot.
In the end, Keariene Muizz says, "The love that I have given and my work is all that will live on after me."
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Muizz Gallery
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Phone: (949) 243-0591
http://www.muizzgallery.com
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