Lost Love is a series of black and white hearts that create both drawings and installations. Thousands of hearts accumulate to create shapes that are loosely based on constellation or galaxy formations. Each heart represents lost or misplaced affection. Unrequited love joins collectively to create an optimistic (imaginary) home for heartbreak; but these hearts do not break, they celebrate the act of projecting affection and trivialize the need for reciprocity. The repetitive act of drawing hearts comes from adolescent ritual. Drawing hearts, or writing a name over and over replaces the need for actual affection. This cult ritual performed in the hope of receiving affection from the other satisfies romantic desires and replaces human contact.
Cindy Hinant is a mixed media visual artist living in Indianapolis whose work explores themes of nostalgia, distance and romance. She received BFAs in Sculpture and Ceramics from Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis. Her work has been shown at universities and cultural centers across the United States including the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art; The Drawing Room of Portland, Maine; Metro Pictures Gallery, New York; and the Meyers Gallery at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio. She is the recipient of numerous honors and awards including: Robert D. Beckmann Emerging Artist Fellowship from the Indianapolis Arts Council 2009; Visual Artist Fellowship and Artist Residency from the Edward Albee Foundation, NY 2008; Louise Fulton Indianapolis Museum of Art Scholarship, 2007; and Indiana Artist & Craftsmen, Inc. Award 2007. In Indianapolis she is currently on the Board of Directors of the Big Car Gallery and is an Instructor at the Indianapolis Art Center.
