2011-Present > Portraits of the Intangible Photographs by: Harry Gould Harvey and Denise LeBreux

Fuimos "nosotros"
We were "us"
Paraffin Wax
Dimensions Variable
2013
Fuimos "nosotros"
We were "us"
Detail
Paraffin Wax
Dimensions Variable
2013
Casi...
Almost...
Fabric and clear epoxy resin
1 x 2 x 3 Feet
2013
Casi...
Almost...

Detail
Fabric and clear epoxy resin
13 x 10 x 12 Inches
2013
Pantaloncitos
Fabric and clear epoxy resin
18 x 14 x 10 Inches
2013
She is getting lighter
Fabric, Sand, Latex and rope
70 x 15 Inches
2012
Te me desmoronas I
Knitted Dress and Concrete
45 x 13 x 14 Inches
2013
Untitled
Fabric and Latex
44 x 11 Inches
2013
Mamá e hijas
Fabric, Latex and Fiberfill
18 x 12 Inches
2012
Haciendo Memoria I
Recalling I
Sheer Fabric and Thread
105 x 12.5 Inches
2013
Untitled
Cotton fabric, plastic pellets and clear epoxy resin
14 x 8 x 6 Inches
2013
Untitled
Cotton fabric, plastic pellets and clear epoxy resin
9 x 7 x 8 Inches
2013

I am interested in exploring the feeling of personable loss and the emotional weight it produces. Loss is filtered through our memories and becomes alive when we recall certain events. It is a dominant presence that causes unbalance, grief, nostalgia, absence, emptiness or pain.
I would like to use the narrative of a memory to express this complex feeling. I would like the viewer to connect emotionally to my pieces though this narrative, evoking in them the feeling of loss.

The common thread that has connected my subjects and work is the desire to give form to the intangibles that we witness but are unable to reproduce. Giving a physical form to these intangibles is creating an alternative way to remember.
I consider that expressing memories of loss through making pieces generates another space different from the mind for them to live. The object becomes then an extension of our minds. That weight, or unbalance becomes visible and can be experienced.

Creating pieces of jewelry and objects that reference these subjects brings the memory alive in an intimate space. Every time a piece is worn or seen, a connection is generated and it is here where I would like to evoke the memory. I would like my pieces to be experienced as the act of remembering and keeping a moment. By wearing them the memory re plays in the viewer and it is a time alone with a person or the event they would like to remember. I view this experience as a way of dealing and understanding the complexity of these feelings.