Rose Window （Addison)

To be honest, haven't realized that rose window is something sacred in religion.It comprises of pin cushions, muslin, plaster and hand etched mirrors, yet I simply regarded it as a flowered shaped pattern, just creative.

Then I gasped when Masha elaborated its religious meaning. Housing in a Gothic building, Marianne, the artist showcased the pin cushions in the icon of rose window, uplifting it to a more holy status. When we focus on the materials of the rose window, everything is old, cheap and ordinary, yet the artist creatively revitalized them into a more splendid and thought provoking combination.
After a deep conversation with the artist, I got the message that the artist tend to convey. The meaning of collecting all these antique stuff and then redecorate them is far beyond nostalgia. Marianne not only get inspired from the archaeological achievements from Israel to mirror them to out contemporary life, but she also treasure the ordinary things and find extraordinary meanings in it. Anything ordinary, subtle or even repetitive can be translate into something grand when you add up the time. For millennia, human beings are actually repeating the same things every day. No matter how swift the technology has been developiing, fundamental things never change. Also, the pin cushions reminds us that the consumeristic society today is not environmentally friendly and that individuals today are so blinded with money and fame that they can't slow down their pace of life to rethink about who they are. The art museums are likely to become the last settlement for us to have a break and meditate.