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Press Release
Considering January
Exhibition Dates: January 20 – February 17, 2024
Reception: Saturday, January 20th from 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
This ensemble exhibition is a jubilant celebration of the rich language of textile art. The twelve artists in this show maneuver fabric, fibers, and thread into objects and structures that rollick, swaddle, sag, and by any means necessary, call attention to the actuality of the material world. Whether woven, twisted, stitched, wrapped, or appliqued the works engender speculations on time, myth, and sensuality. They reframe, cancel, and blur historical implications of cloth with lavish physicality. The works’ audacious generosity of touch and gesture invite creative liberation as critical grist for the new year.
Please be our guests as we kick-off the new year! Join us in celebrating, Considering January, with Cheyenne Concepcion, Michael F. Rohde, Emily Silver, Uma Rani Iyli, Richard-Jonathan Nelson, Julia Couzens, Lia Porto, Joy Ray, Svetlana Shigroff, Aubrey Longley-Cook, Jonathan Parker, Carmen Mardonez, Helen O’Leary, Liv Aanrud +
A few images!
Top left: Julia Couzens | One | 2023 | mixed textiles, staples, hand embroidery |16 x 12 inches 40 x 30 cm
Top right: Joy Ray | approaching abjection | 2022-2023 | Paint, twine, dirt, sand, fiber fill and salvaged stuffed animals on fabric | 80 x 45 x 6 inches
Bottom left: Aubrey Longley – Cook | Palms 13 | Cotton thread on aida cloth | 7 x 6.7 inches
Bottom right: Uma Rani Iyli | Winding and Unwinding-13 | 2022 | Re-purposed silk thread from Sari looms, plexi. Shadow-box wood frame | 36 x 35 x 2 inches | Photo John Janca