Corinne Jones

       Banner for the Lost Sea

December 7th 2018 – February 15th 2019

Tops Gallery at Madison Avenue Park

151 Madison Avenue

Memphis, TN 38103

On view 24 hours a day

The Lost Sea is the title of an on-going body of work by Corinne Jones. The title references the immense sunless underground lake in East Tennessee. The lake was hidden or revealed over time due to rising and falling water that obscured the cave entrance. The complex geological chambers around the lake contain fragments of artifacts and evidence. Pleistocene jaguar footprints were left on the mud floor and Confederate graffiti was charred onto the ceiling. The depths of the Lost Sea and the secrets it holds are unknown. Jones' use of the title is a metaphor for the hidden histories with which our country has yet to reckon.

Banner for the Lost Sea, is comprised of marks etched into the enamel of the painting's surface. The large shaped painting represents both a banner and a wave. The gestural marks make up a chevron motif that is repeated to the point of erasure. Parallel to the painting, Banner for Memphis, is installed on the glass wall of the gallery. The frieze is made of mirrored window film that both hides and reveals the the painting behind it, depending on the viewer's perspective