April 2 - May 15, 2022
From G Spot Contemporary:
“Hurricane Harvey, an extreme weather event of biblical proportions poured over a trillion gallons of water on Houston, causing unprecedented, destructive flooding. Buffalo Bayou, a main waterway in Houston, was the center for much of Harvey’s flooding, and is featured during Harvey’s aftermath in Jadick’s paintings.
A few weeks after Hurricane Harvey’s flooding, Jadick, armed with her camera, visited Buffalo Bayou banks and local neighborhoods to survey the damage and document as a witness the storm’s staggering effects. She collected found branches and limbs that had been torn from trees by the battering floodwaters, as testament to the waters violent ferocity. Later those pieces of wood became important testimonial elements as they were attached to her paintings.
While driving on her way to help a friend whose home had been flooded, Jadick observed with shock and dismay, how along curbsides, there were high piles of discarded contents of flooded homes, house after house, street after street. The piles, stacked half as high as the homes themselves, contained drenched and stained mattresses, furniture, clothing, bedding, books, toys, drywall, and pink insulation, remnants of lived life. She was overtaken with feelings of compassion and sorrow for the families who had lost so much, but later, instead of seeing trauma, Jadick recognized the awesome beauty of brave renewal, and of remarkable overcoming. It is this new gaze that Jadick conveys with her work that may help us see differently.
Hurricane Harvey although a harbinger of extreme climate change related events to come, elicited an heroic resilience and adaptability in many of those who in the midst of terrible loss, discovered their indomitable human spirit, a spirit which helped unite entire communities in recovery, rebuilding and adaptability; all with the goal of a sustainable and resilient future. With a sense of urgency, this is the human spirit we need to cultivate, and rely on, so we can make the changes necessary for better preparedness as we move forward and face whatever is coming.”
Reception: April 2, 2022 | 6–8 pm
223 East 11th Street
Houston, 77008 Texas
713-869-4770
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