The Gold Show- Don't miss it!

From August 25, 2007 through September 15, 2007 Jane Rainwater will be showing new work in a one-person show, "The Gold Show." Join us on Friday, September 7 for an artist's reception at the Conrad Mallert Gallery (Capital Community College) in downtown Hartford, CT from 6:00 - 8:00pm. "Jane's installation, "Golden Pawn" will be featured in the Old G. Fox building's storefronts, as well as her other projects about gold.

Golden Pawn

Installation by Jane Rainwater at The Porter Gallery, Cambridge, MA, June 22- July 1.

There are many ways one can value gold: physical value, market driven value and sentimental value. Unlike other commodities, the inner glow and magic associated with gold throughout history contributes to a symbolic value way beyond gold’s physical cost.

Golden Pawn investigates the value and ultimate devaluation of gold. Objects of “value” are placed in Golden Pawn, stripping them of all sentimental attachment. Each object’s tragic story of desperation and lost dreams become meaningless, as it has been exchanged for cash.

Mostly everything in Golden Pawn is waste, the recycled detritus of society’s demands for the new and the shiny. Many of these objects are broken and useless but are given a desirable value with a golden skin that hides the scars of use and abuse.

Celestial Miners

Assemblage, 6" x 14", antique daugguerotype frames, digital prints, gilded astronauts.
It seems that the closer you look at gold, the more it looks like the cosmos.

Obsession Lesson

Approximately 5' x 4', fine gold chain. This is an actual size Golden Orb spider web. This web was carefully constructed using jewelry jump rings and gold chain. It took two months of obsessive labor to create this. A photo can not do free-hanging installation justice!

The Big Idea

This is a process post from sketch to finished piece for The Big Idea. The sculpture is 48" w x 30" deep. It is made from gilded lead and and chains. Click on the Black & White Drawing to read the text.