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Bay Area artist Marianne Lettieri's beautiful installation "Emptied and Consumed" is a response to 2 Corinthians 8:1-9 and the theme of "poverty."
2 Corinthians 8:1-9
Emptied and Consumed
By
Marianne Lettieri
Credits:
Photo Credit: Belinda Carr
Location: Woodside Village Church in Woodside, CA
Curated by:
Janna Aliese
2014
Installation

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This well-worn hutch was a permanent fixture in my grandmother's kitchen. It probably had been there during the Great Depression when she worked in a South Carolina textile mill. I remember it filled with home-canned peaches, tomatoes, and green beans that she picked from her garden and shared generously with neighbors. It is a symbol of hard times and giving joyfully out of poverty. In response to the scripture passage, I set the humble cupboard on the dais of a rural chapel built at the end of the 19th century in Northern California. Hundreds of common glass food jars, transformed with silvered interiors and candles, flow from the cabinet and down the aisle. The installation evokes an altar spilling forth its treasure of sacred vessels. Though Christ was rich, for our sakes he became poor, that through his poverty we might become rich.
Spark Notes
The Artist's Reflection
Marianne Lettieri creates art with everyday objects that reveal the passage of time through repetitive use and daily routines. Her mixed media constructions explore the preoccupations and temporality of life and investigate value systems associated with materials and artifacts. She lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her artwork is in the collections of the City of Palo Alto, California, Oracle Corporation, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, and International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction. She has an M.F.A. in Spatial Arts from San Jose State University and B.F.A. in Drawing and Printmaking from University of Florida. Marianne is a member of the board of directors for Christians in the Visual Arts.
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