Cassidy Barnett

mixed-media artist

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Suboart Magazine nr. 26

My practice explores the relationship between materiality and memory. How recollection shifts, distorts, and embeds itself in material. Through layers of painting and fabric manipulation, I explore how memory is an evolving archive shaped by perspective. The physicality of acrylic paint or stitching into fabric, mirrors the imprint of time on our experiences. Layering chiffon over my paintings mimics the thick fog within the mind. Found objects and personal artifacts such as photos, textiles, postcards, and other small keepsakes, serve as vessels in which I examine how memory is made, preserved, and retold. I am drawn to moments of overlap between personal narrative and collective consciousness, where a seemingly quiet object can become a conduit for shared meaning.

Let’s Meet Up At Lake Ponemah

Acrylic paint, oil pastels, and silk chiffon.
30”x40”
2024

This piece is about long lasting traditions, the swans represent partnership and the belief in foreverness. Lake Ponemah is the ending point of an annual kayak trip me, my partner, and my father used to take every year on my birthday. Though my dad has passed on, the trip still holds a great significance and will carry on as a type of migratory practice, no matter where we’ll be we’ll return back to Lake Ponemah.

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