3648 Washington Blvd
St Louis, Missouri 63108

'Re/Collect' is a collaborative piece by artist Cheryl Wassenaar and poet Stephanie Schlaifer. For this site-specific installation on the windows of the sculpture garden, Wassenaar uses a variety of typefaces and colors to create poetic visual works. Included in the group is a "found poem," which was created entirely from fragments of 19th-century newspaper accounts of regional storms. Wassenaar recomposes the poems' text in cut vinyl lettering on the atrium and reception hall windows, creating a dynamic visual interpretation of the text's powerful images. The work also beautifully incorporates the reflections and light effects that occur naturally when viewing the windows. Cheryl Wassenaar's work explores the function of text in a hybrid practice of painting, sculpture, and design.

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