Gathering Together

Judith Kindler peers into the individual and collective psyche in this new body of work entitled “Gathering Together”. In mixed media paintings, sculpture and installation she explores human nature in the act of gathering together, through a series of mostly narrative imagery that combines faceless figures, birds, threads, chairs and emotional dreamlike scenes.

Do the chairs represent what is comfortable for us? Are the threads an illusion to the common connectivity and the idea of human destiny? Are the birds symbolic of what we garner? Are the faceless figures an attempt to distinguish the universality of human nature; possibly disregarding the individual experience? These are some of the questions Kindler raises in an exhibition that also “gathers together” so many different medias in quiet contemplative, intellectually charged, symbolic, and playful works.

"Gathering 1 and 2 Installation" (On right hand wall)
Mixed Media:Resin, encaustic, metal, calcium carbonate
2008 (Total combined installation 254 chairs)

"Gathering I and I"
Mixed Media:Resin, encaustic, metal, calcium carbonate
2008 (Each installation 127 chairs)

"Gathering" (Detail)
Mixed Media:Resin, encaustic, metal, calcium carbonate
2008 (Tallest figure approximately 7" tall.)

"Chat Rooms 1 - 3"
Mixed Media:Resin, encaustic, metal, calcium carbonate, wood
2009

"Chat Rooms 1-3" (side view)
Mixed Media:Resin, encaustic, metal, calcium carbonate, wood
71" high X 13" wide x 16" deep
2009

"Chat Rooms 1" (detail)
Mixed Media:Resin, encaustic, metal, calcium carbonate, wood
2009

"Chat Rooms 2" (detail)
Mixed Media:Resin, encaustic, metal, calcium carbonate, wood
2009

"Chat Rooms 3" (detail)
Mixed Media:Resin, encaustic, metal, calcium carbonate, wood
2009

"Tollerance and Intollerance"
Mixed Media: Encaustic, Oils, Resin, Paper on Panels
30" X 30"
2008

"Don't Have One of Your Fits"
Mixed Media: Encaustic, Oils, Paper on Panel
60" X 48"
2009

"Letting Go" SOLD
Mixed Media: Encaustic, Oils, Paper on Panel
80" X 36"
2009

"Hanging Out 1"
Mixed Media: Encaustic, Oils, Paper on Panel
36" X 60"
2009

"Hanging Out 2"
Mixed Media: Encaustic, Oils, Paper on Panel
36" X 60"
2009

"Hanging Out3" SOLD
Mixed Media: Encaustic, Oils, Paper on Panel
36" X 60"
2009

"Hanging Out 4"
Mixed Media: Encaustic, Oils, Paper on Panel
36" X 60"
2009

"Holding On"
Mixed Media: Encaustic, Oils, Paper on Panel
24" X 60"
2009

"Thriving on Chaos " SOLD
Mixed Media: Resin, Encaustic, Oils, Paper on Panel
48" X 60"
2009

"Threads 1 - 3" TWO ARE SOLD
Mixed Media: Resin, Encaustic, Oils, Paper on Panel
60" X 24"
2009

"We are All in the Same Boat Together 1 and 2 " Both are SOLD
Mixed Media: Resin, Encaustic, Oils, Paper on 2 Panels
36" X 80" each panel
2009

"Discovering the Common Thread" SOLD
Mixed Media: Resin, Encaustic, Oils, Paper on 4 Panels
24" X 16" each panel
2009

"Tired of Explaining" SOLD
Mixed Media: Resin, Encaustic, Oils, Paper on Panel
16" X 16"
2009

"Sitting Around" ALL 8 ARE SOLD
Mixed Media: Resin, Encaustic, Oils, Paper on 8 Panels
6" X 6" each panel
2009