BEDROOM
AMY FREEMAN



As soon as I entered the bedroom at 1502
Habersham Street, I was consumed by the
overwhelming presence of an aged, forgotten
chair. An unwanted leftover of the previous owner,
the chair sat steadfast and burdened by weight.
All alone it sat, staring across an expanse of blue
toward a ten-foot cable cord snaking across the
floor. Its skin was so saturated with human residue
I could see and smell layers of lint, dust, grime,
and greasy fingertips.

Someone sat here. Someone unknown to me sat in
this chair; their presence was all but solid. They
must have positioned themselves for hours of lifeless
hours, years upon years, attempting rest after a hard
days work, securely fixing their hands to the arms of
the chair, perhaps searching for silence through the
gaze of a television screen. This impression set an
immediate stage and I was immersed.

My mind was inundated with images of the chair.
Hopelessly intrigued, I spent time with it. Relentlessly
floating from all perspectives, it exposed its form,
its expanse of loneliness, neglect, its desire to be
remembered, and its desperate need of being
restored.

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About the artist

Amy Lynn Freeman is a figurative painter whose work
primarily focuses on psychological self-portraiture and the
poignant relationship of figure to space. Currently, she is a
professor of drawing and painting at the Savannah College of Art
and Design in Savannah, Georgia. Freeman received her B.A.
in 1995 from the University of Wyoming and her M.F.A. in 2002
from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. In addition
to her formal education, Freeman studied overseas in a
Mediterranean Studies Program through the University of
Messina, Sicily, Italy. Amy Freeman’s work has been purchased
by a number of private collectors and exhibited throughout the
United States. She also has paintings permanently exhibited
in Lacoste, France.


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