After a bit of a hiatus, I'm backing up a bit to include the show at Kehler Liddell Gallery in New Haven,
2020. For this juried call, artists were asked to respond by thinking about the meaning of those particular numbers. For example, do they refer to impeccable eyesight? Fully knowledgeable hindsight? A prophetic projection of foresight? Or a particular year in the near future that looms large in the mind's eye?
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| Kehler Liddell Gallery, 20/20, April 2019 |
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I responded in two different ways. One was political and one was personal, and both were accepted for exhibition. You can see the "personal" entry, titled,
Refractive Error (Mend) on my website,
www.marshaborden.com. The political entry,
Perhaps in My Lifetime (2020), pictured below, speaks for itself.
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| Kehler Liddell Gallery, April 2019, Perhaps in My Lifetime (2020) |
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The show was reviewed in the New Haven Independent. I've excerpted the bit about my work; you can read the full article here:
“Artists Have 2020 Vision,” by Brian Slattery, New Haven Independent, May 6, 2019.
"...Marsha Borden makes use of a document from her childhood that has
only grown more resonant with age. At the bottom of the frame of
Perhaps In My Lifetime
is a portrait of President Gerald Ford and his family. Above it is a
letter to Borden dated May 1975, from Marba S. Perrott, then First Lady
Betty Ford’s director of correspondence. “Dear Marsha,” it reads.
“Thank you for writing to ask Mrs. Ford about when she thinks a woman
will become President. You were thoughtful to let the First Lady know of
your interest in women’s role in government.” The letter continues:
“Although the Constitution has always allowed a woman to become
President, it would be difficult to speculate about just when this might
occur. As you know, women are becoming increasingly involved in
governing through elective and appointive positions. Perhaps in your
lifetime a woman will hold our nation’s highest office.” The title of
Borden’s piece conveys all the hope and frustration that, 44 years
later, we’re still waiting."
Thank you for reading!
