Gallery of Art | University of Northern Iowa

A female figure in black stands beneath numerous suspended red envelopes

"Persephone" from the Divining Series

Artist Margarett, Caitlin Mary
Artist Notes

Margarett states, "This performance is from the Floor of Forgiveness installation, a space filled with an 8' ceramic tile floor, over two hundred pounds of rock salt, and 400 hand-dyed envelopes that have been addressed to "her," "him," and "them." The artist alternates between screaming and singing into the raw, white envelopes, then dyeing the paper, and adding them to the surrounding installation."

Date 2018
Medium chromogrenic print
Dimensions 22.5" H 16" W
New framed dimensions: 27.75" X 21" (12/5/2019)
Credit Line Department of Art Purchase, Charles and Florence Herman Photography Fund
Accession number 2018.049
Provenance Cedar Falls, IA