Hurd's debut exhibition 'Still Life' opens at Mercury Project on Sept. 2.
"Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it," English author William Somerset Maugham once wrote.
Impermanence is also a conceptual touchstone for emerging San Antonio artist Lindsey Hurd, who takes captivating photographs of arrangements she creates from found objects — many of which have a short shelf life.
A Fort Worth native who grew up in an ultra-conservative household, Hurd went from good girl to black sheep when she decided to start living life on her own terms rather than those of her parents.during a recent interview."Disagreeing with them was like breaking out of a cult ... [and] it was just me wanting to make normal life decisions."
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