Dette Allmark

Artists Statement

My work weaves together narratives from personal biographies, myths and stories. The works retrieve images, characters and props from latent memories and current impressions. Providing a mythical stage for personal as well as cultural archetypes to play out a strange and mysterious tale. I investigate the way that intergenerational relationships are experienced and seen simultaneously through the lens of a child, an adult, a sibling and a mother. How these relationships mold a lens from which we view the world, both distorting and magnifying experiences and limiting our peripheral view. They hold much power and can elicit both intense insight as well as deep restriction. In my work the subliminal theatre is given visual form creating images which have both disturbing elements and great tenderness, reflecting the universal stories inherent in our interwoven generations.