Lost Margaret
October 13th - November 16th, 2002
Michelle Karch-Ackerman's work points to the parallels of nature and the human spirit. Interested in the diminishing physicality of living objects and our understanding of 'loss', Karch-Ackerman draws a strong reference from the character of Lost Margaret from L.M. Montgomery's novel, "Anne's House of Dreams". This character, a young girl was lost at sea and can act as an embodiment of local histories involving loss at sea. Karch-Ackerman has created an entire wardrobe for a girl from birth to ten years old and hopes to encourage knitters from the local community to join her in a 'knitting bee' to add to this wardrobe, in mourning and in dedication to the life of one lost girl.
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