PARLOR
DAYNA THACKER & RICHARD GERE



The Parlor is a collaborative piece inspired by the
idea of imagination as a mode of transportation, be it
physical, mental or spiritual.

The myth of Daedalus and the Labyrinth was used
loosely as a guide. Daedalus, a talented inventor and
engineer, was asked by King Minos of Crete to build
a prison for his wife’s dangerously monstrous
offspring, the Minotaur. Daedalus designed the
Labyrinth, a maze which so confused those who
entered that they had no hope of escape.  After
Theseus navigated the labyrinth with a ball of
string and slew the Minotaur, Daedalus lost favor
with the king and was himself imprisoned within his
creation. In order to escape, he built wings and
flew over the walls to freedom.

We are each the architect of our own prison and
we must use our powers of imagination and
invention to learn to live in it, change it, or
escape it.

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About the artists



Dayna Thacker is an assemblage artist who uses found objects
and mixed  media. Dayna received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from
the University of  Tennessee in Knoxville, and is currently working
from her studio in  Savannah, Georgia. She has exhibited her work
nationally and internationally.




Rich Gere is currently a Printmaking professor at
Savannah College of Art and Design. He received his
B.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts, and his
M.F.A. from the University of Tennessee.

www.richgereprintmaking.com


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