Adriane Herman - Finish Lines

Finish Lines, Rose Contemporary, Portland ME, Summer 2013

Finish Lines

At a time when the hand-written list seems on the precipice of extinction, there is much we can learn from such intimate yet anonymous evidence of how others choose to spend their most precious resources of time, energy and attention. In both form and content, these humble documents of other people’s priorities and efforts to get things done move me to collect and reflect them back in ways that might yield new kinds of attention to detail(s). My current series, entitled Finish Lines, focuses on the lines people make while crossing things off their lists, offering viewers a vicarious sense of accomplishment while they luxuriate in the beauty of unselfconscious marks.