Previous Shows: 2013: What I Like About You: What I Like About You: Melanie Parke -- > EJ Hauser

I found this text piece of EJ's particularly haunting. Navigating a read through the words is in itself a staggering, interrupting process. The carefully made G's, and there are 3 of them, took on the shape of stop signs and I found myself hung up on them. When I got to LOANS it came out slow and guttural. With the g's still in my mouth, it made me think: GROANS. It kept giving me a lump in my throat. I'm struck by how directly the painting lead me to connect the impact of loss with the impairment of speech. My painting, Long Lost Letters, is also named for loss, diminished language and a lump in the throat.
Melanie Parke -- > EJ Hauser

I found this text piece of EJ's particularly haunting. Navigating a read through the words is in itself a staggering, interrupting process. The carefully made G's, and there are 3 of them, took on the shape of stop signs and I found myself hung up on them. When I got to LOANS it came out slow and guttural. With the g's still in my mouth, it made me think: GROANS. It kept giving me a lump in my throat. I'm struck by how directly the painting lead me to connect the impact of loss with the impairment of speech. My painting, Long Lost Letters, is also named for loss, diminished language and a lump in the throat.