Moments in Transit

Through salvaged doors she sourced from vintage cars in Montana and Ketchum as well as at L L&L Classic Auto, one of the largest car yards in the U.S. in Wendell, Idaho, Bohrer has created vignettes on her view of the world and a few key people who are in it. The exhibition, which is comprised of nine doors and car parts and six paintings as well as a video on the making of Moments in Transit, offers a look into an artist and her process in an intimate and telling presentation.

The concept of the doors started when Bohrer first found one in an antique shop in Bozeman, Mont. many years ago. In creating Moments in Transit, Bohrer wanted to capture the past as well as show the romance of the automobile. However, she is also using Moments in Transit to show how the West needs to be protected and honored in the issues of the 21st century. Most of Bohrer’s art is impasto painting where she uses a palette knife to place layers upon layers of paint and color to present her subject.

A combination of found objects and doors, which are an homage to vintage automobiles, as well as paintings on a variety of subjects from western wild fires and Sandhill cranes to wild horses and sockeye salmon as well as all the characters, Bohrer has discovered while constructing Moments in Transit are all represented in this show.

This assemblage is a deeply emotional portrayal of the conflict that arises in opposing belief systems represented by the pounding force of water against the immovable granite.The metal frame represents the imprisonment of organized religions experience when the fanatical undercurrents are exposed and the compassionate and tolerant aspects of the belief are hijacked. “God” is the central power of the main religions in the world. The most recognizable names given to “God” throughout history are “Elohim” , “Allah” , “Jehovah” , “Ra” , “Shiva” and “Yahweh” .When one is lost in the structure and ritual the only way to see God is to look in the rear view mirror.