Community Canvas is an initiative presented by The Culture Show where GBH features artwork from community members on our Digital Mural.
Today’s mural, Santos Hands Multiple by Amy Heller, shows images digitally repeated, mirrored, and inverted in a checkerboard format. The layout is similar to vintage letterpress type trays that are used for displaying objects. They harken back to cabinets of curiosities from the 16th century. Alternating negative images look like x-rays, giving a haunting quality that suggests a mysterious past.
Santos Hands Multiple is a decorative replica from devotional figures called santos de palo. The hands are touching at the fingertips. “Reaching out and connecting is something that is a universal and fundamental human behavior that crosses all demographics,” Heller says.
Heller is an award winning lens-based artist. She earned her B.A. in fine art at Hampshire College and her M.F.A. in photography at The George Washington University.
See more of Heller’s work on Instagram @amyhellerartist, Facebook @Amy Heller, and amyheller.com
