
Spotlight Artist
Natalie Petrosky
MFA Annual
Artist Statement
My work mirrors the couch I sit on every day and the plants I water
a few times a week. The cushion has an indent from my weight
and the plants will die without my attention. Objects seen have
been touched and have stains from purposeful and meaningful
use. My eyes can feel and remember my hands holding the
objects. These recorded moments exist somewhere in between
the piles of clothes on my floor I ignore until laundry day and the
plants I let come a little too close to death. One is trying to have
a tender moment with itself and the other is concerned with how
it sits in a rectangular room. Which is which, I am not sure. I am
sitting on my couch staring at my plant wondering when I should
water it next.
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