AN ARTFUL CASE

JUST IN CASE

A loose, boxy sheath
And vintage leather suitcase
Leave much to the imagination

From a woman by the side a country road
Catching a ride
In Cindy Sherman’s celluloid visions of 1940s isolation

To Lara Stone as Judy Garland
Swept up, black lacquered case in hand, in a freak fall tornado
Of Alex Prager’s fashion-styled, film noir

An early 80’s city girl
In Bette Gordon’s Empty Suitcases
Lives on the edge with Francesca Woodman

She’s travelling between an Empire state of Mind and Metropolis
And for this free-spirited lady, there’s no place like a home
Of her own creation

-Ashley Simpson

October 2012