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Deidre Scherer
Civil Union
, 2012
Textile
23"
x 20"
Two middle-aged androgynous people nestle close
together; one catches the viewer’s eye, the other gazes
contentedly off into the distance. Their subdued physi-
cal closeness and the smile on the latter’s face, as well
as their age, speak of a long-established, comfortable
intimacy between them. The title indicates that they
indeed participate in the closest facsimile of marriage
that is available to same-sex couples in some states
without full marriage equality.
Rochelle Rubinstein
Both
, 2012
Woodblock, silk organza
25"
x 17½"
A master in the technique of carving wood and creating
woodblocks, Toronto-based Rubenstein carves the negative
into the positive. The sheer quality of the fabric imprinted
with the mystical image of the merging heads creates a
sense of the allusive, ephemeral nature of sexuality. This is
an allusion to the
Shekhina
,
the Kabbalistic concept of God’s
feminine counterpoint.
