Jane Szabo: Family Matters

As we age, our relationship to family evolves. The dynamics between parent and child, or between siblings, may shift.  The one who is the caregiver and the nature of care might reverse. Through her work, Jane Szabo incorporates memory, metaphor, and allegory to express the challenges, burdens, and joys of her role as daughter, and then caretaker, of her elderly parents.  Through childhood possessions and simple items that had been in the family for years, the artist created tableaus that hint at complicated family dynamics. The arrangement of these objects is not merely a collection of possessions, but a catalog of feelings—pain and disappointment, hope, loss, and burden.  This exhibition allows us to think about how we might illustrate the story of our family and the legacy we leave.