Croy Nielsen

Courtesy Lenke Rothman Estate Lenke Rothman uses the title The Necessities of Life and the Consequences of Dreams more than once throughout her working career, which spans more than six decades. One such time the title appears for a collage containing a copper engraving of Ikarus and Daedalus framed by red and green fabric, lace, plastic foil, and a feather. Here Daedalus lovingly attaches the wings made of beeswax and feathers, pre-flight, while Ikarus’ distorted pose suggests that his body already knows that it will fall. A persistent and perpetual present, set between an unmovable past…