The Well Worn Path

Floor: Escape by Rachel Doub

Wall: Untitled by Erin Tucker

Our lives, experiences and stories lay out a complicated path.

A path marked with growth, beauty, change and struggle; one filled with humanity.

Along the way our bodies, our clothing, and the objects that we interact with show the weight, the wear and tear, and the impact of our stories.

Moments become memories, spilling out in shapes of light and patches of darkness.

Our hands callous from labor, our skin shows age.

Sweaters snag and socks wear out as they hold on to the experiences that were had in them.

Cracks form, breaks are inevitable.

Our stories become too large to be held within our bodies, the expand and fill the items we are surrounded by, the creation of a well worn path.

An Exhibition by Erin Tucker and Rachel Doub

Gallery 1010, March 7-9, 2020

Rachel Doub is graduating with her BFA i n sculpture from the University of Tennessee this spring. In her work she explores memory and trauma in relationship to the body. She explores these concepts through sculpture, installation and video primarily using fabric and clay.

Erin Tucker is a studio artist living and working in Knoxville TN. she grew up in central IL, a rural midwestern town. She received a BA in theater, and worked as a costume designer for years. When she moved on, she studied painting and sculpture, receiving a BFA from Western Illinois University, and then an MFA in sculpture from Indiana University in Bloomington. Now employed at the University of Tennessee School of Art, Erin works as a 3D studio technician. Her studio work explores and visualizes personal experiences, moments of memory and humanity through clothing and everyday objects. She fetishizes labor, the ordinary, and wear and tear. She hopes to connect the viewer o themselves by employing the common visual language of clothing, and human scale while excluding the actual figure.