Diana Dvora Falchuk: Reshimu

"Reshimu" explores the material and spiritual dimensions of embodiment, decay, and co-creation through Falchuk’s collection of life-worn fragments that she has tended and transformed for nearly 25 years. In Kabbalah (Jewish mystical tradition), the Hebrew word reshimu (רשימו) describes the impression of the divine and infinite light that coats all finite matter through the stages of creation and the sacred, ongoing labor of repair. "Reshimu" is at once material and spiritual. It is the residue of and recipe for interconnection. It reminds us that nothing is separate. The works in "Reshimu" illuminate the asymmetries, breakdowns, and opportunities for healing that are inherent in laboring to create HaOlam HaBa (the world we imagine is possible) from within HaOlam HaZeh (the world that is). Falchuk’s installations and mixed-media works on paper elevate the remnants she collects: a rain-warped poster, torn butterfly wing, chipped birthday crown, or petrified wad of gum. With great care, she deconstructs, mends, adorns, arranges, and depicts these objects. Her process births unlikely pairings and uncanny beings that simultaneously honor and interrogate her personal and familial relationships to labor, place, culture, and the body.

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