Gaylen Gerber
Support, n.d.
Damage, Gaylen Gerber, Untitled, n.d., oil on canvas, (conservation 2023)
96.5 x 96.5 cm / 38 x 38 inches
(GG/S 90)
The painting was one of two paintings damaged in transit and later conserved. The incorporation of the change to aspects of the artworks during their conservation recognizes that while the characterizations - damaged and undamaged - feel real, they infer that the world is oppositional in nature. In this work, neither one nor the other version of the work bears more significance but it is the movement back and forth between perceptions that is of importance.