Colin Chase was my advisor and close mentor. My encounter with him was the main reason why I chose City College to pursue my MFA degree. Continuation, a tribute exhibition honoring him, is on display at CCNY Compton-Goethals Gallery from April 14-May 4, with an opening reception on Thursday, April 20, 5-9pm.
This image that I made titled Allegory of the Cave is dedicated to him. Colin prompted me to perceive objects through its many layers of relations; not only its materiality but also the intangible shadows connected to it. Not only its historicity but also what is sensed and unsaid. It made me think about how dark matter is unseen and yet holds all that is seen in the universe. How a shadow in Plato’s cave can be both an illusion and a revelation.
Allegory of the Cave - Met Museum Display Box, 2023