The Ignorant Fairy
wood crate, monitor, vcr,
sound system, velvet,
foam rubber
6'hx4'wx3'd
2004
The Ignorant Fairy
wood crate, monitor, vcr,
sound system, velvet,
foam rubber
6'hx4'wx3'd
2004
The Ignorant Fairy takes its title from a 1956 painting by Rene Magritte, a painting that features a woman with long blonde hair. It is a contained video piece. The video segment can be seen playing at the bottom side of a crate while the sound for the piece can be heard coming from the black opening. The video segment consists of a view of a woman's legs with tufts of long blonde hair falling around her feet. The image is interrupted momentarily by the tufts of hair drifting slowly against a blue sky. Occasionally a bird flies by. The work suggests an episode from a fairy tale, where contained yet disjointed elements come together in the space of the viewer's imagination.
